Quotes About Originality

The world is starving for original and decisive leadership.

I was very into making the Big Artistic Statement - it had to be innovative; it had to be cutting edge. I was desperately keen on being original.

In a sea of millions of people, you really have to set yourself apart to make a statement.

I like dressing how I like to dress, and I look like a little art statement.

I made a statement all my own.

Fashion is a way to separate yourself - to make a statement about who you are and that you're different.

Most artists say that they want to make the ultimate statement. I certainly do, but I don't mind people seeing all of the things that I would consider imperfections, because, quite honestly, I feel like they're better than anything else they're gonna hear.

If it's not going to sound like Terrapin Station, what's the point of playing Terrapin Station?

'When Doves Cry' came out - it sounded like nothing that was on the radio. 'Let's Go Crazy' was number one on R&B stations, and there's nothing that's been like that on radio since.

Nobody ever built a statue to a committee.

I've searched all the parks in all the cities and found no statues of committees.

Entrepreneurs are misfits to the core. They forge ahead, making their own path and always, always, question the status quo.

I'm not trying to stay in the same place and I'm not trying to compete with what's currently in fashion. That would be dishonest. But, at the same time, I'm different and the music reflects that to some degree.

I influence myself, because I always try to be different and stay in my own lane.

If you stay true to your ideas, film-making becomes an inside-out, honest kind of process.

We work so hard to stay true to country music. People can say they don't like it, but they can't say it's not country.

You've gotta stay true to yourself, stay who you are.

For me, I want to be me, stay true to that, do my thing, try to keep things simple and stay true to who I am.

You can't predict what people are going to like. You have to stay true to your enthusiasm and obsessions.

I think that as long as you stay true to you when you're putting out music, somebody's going to like it.

As a designer, I think you just have to make sure you know what you want and stay true to it. You need to have conviction and really just want to make people think in regards to doing interesting things.

Always stay true to yourselves.

I must stay true to myself and take my own path all the way.

People in the beauty community don't like copycats, so I think it's important to stay true to who you are and people will stay your customer.