Quotes About Originality

I didn't want to be part of some trend. I wasn't doing this for a fashion statement

Maybe it was stupid and solipsistic, but I liked to think about me. I didn't want to be part of some trend.

I knew too, but I didn't like to think about that. Maybe it was stupid and solipsistic, but I liked to think about me. I didn't want to be part of some trend. I wasn't doing this for a fashion statement.

if everything you have learned is what everyone else knows, no one will ever beat a path to your door.

Never underestimate the stimulation of eccentricity.

Plagiarism is the sincerest form of flattery

Above all things -- read. Read the great stylists who cannot be copied rather than the successful writers who must not be copied.

more likely to have creative ideas (or less likely to suffer from group-think).

A sculptor will more easily extract a beautiful statue from a piece of rough marble than from one that has been badly blocked out by someone else.

Stories are as unique as the people who tell them, and the best stories are in which the ending is a surprise.

What I love about Kanye is that he doesn't fit the mould either. He does what he feels.

Well I think they broke the mould when they made me and being humble is one of my great assets.

We've never tried to fit any mould because we already broke the one we started.

I know I'm different and I don't fit in to any kind of generic mould.

Groups like The Mountain Brothers just have to keep on doing what they're doing - just make it dope and just make it different. And not try to compete with other people of color.

I try to force myself to close my mouth when I put mascara on. I don't want to be part of the masses!

Well, my type is obviously creative. Creative, with burning eyes and a pretty mouth.

In any art form, in Hollywood or in music, there is a handful of people who really, you know, move the envelope.

It's gotta feel natural. I'm always into that, and after awhile, if I am working on a song too long and trying to make something out of it that it's not... it's best just to stop and move on.

In short, I have been a trendsetter. I have then moved on and people have followed in my footsteps.

The public can only be really moved by what is genuine.

Heart weren't part of a movement like grunge; we were our own kind of movement.

I want to create music that moves me, not just music that is going to get me famous or make someone at a label happy.

The most important thing I can say is to make music that moves you. Don't try and chase what's on the radio or what you think people want to hear.