Quotes About Originality

I think I'm the oldest new Bob Dylan around. I predate Bruce Springsteen, Steve Forbat and John Prine. I was probably the first of the new Bob Dylans.

Steve Vai had a unique style of playing. Steve Vai didn't sound like anyone else: Steve Vai sounded like Steve Vai.

You knew the difference between Barbra Streisand and Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles, straight away. Now everyone sounds like each other, and I don't think that's right.

I can't be Stevie Wonder; I can't be Marvin Gaye, but I can be the foundation that I think withholds that mold.

If there really is no new way to be found, we are not afraid to stick with the old one that we found previously. So, I do not make every building different.

If you run a business that isn't cutting edge or doesn't naturally stick out of the crowd, it's your job to be different and get attention.

I am going to produce a movie of my own. I am not going to stick to the time-tested formulae of Hindi cinema. I want to make a film for the present generation. So there will be a lot of new faces in the film.

I stick to Hindi rap. That is my USP. It gives an Indian essence to my music despite the foreign influence of the genre.

I am not against remakes. They help in selling a film or creating a buzz around it. But it's my personal choice to stick to original music.

I just don't like to do a lot of the normal things expected of other artists. I'm not trying to be difficult; I'm just trying to stick with what it is I want to do.

There's a lot of songs and songwriters out there - you have to make something stand out to pitch songs. Sometimes you have to be bold and just try something different. And just stick with it - don't give up if nothing happens.

Everybody gets through a phase where it's, 'Ah, if I could just sound just like Vince Gill.' Then you figure out that you have your own voice, whether you like it or not, and that's what you should stick with.

I'm sticking to the script, I'm putting that organic feeling back in the game.

I just get really bored with sticking to the norm and having the proper conservative image. That's just so not me.

I appreciate the additional additives and preservatives that help sell a project, but I'm sticking to what works best for me. I gotta sell the album live on stage and make people believe in the songs.

I don't know where my fashion sense comes from, exactly. I've always been interested in, not necessarily being unique, but not necessarily sticking to the preexisting paradigm - whether it be clothes or music or whatever.

Sticking to our guns creatively is the only way we'll ever survive as a band and be happy.

I'm sticking true to my roots.

Any artist who sticks around in the public awareness for more than 20 years usually has something unique to say.

It sounds cliche, but if someone is willing to be themselves and not try too hard to someone they're not - that sticks. That is what makes an amazing first impression.

Anytime you put yourself in a creative box, it's going to stifle you; it's not conducive to the writing or recording process.

Lil Uzi and I gave Philly different sounds by stepping outside of the box and not sticking to the stigma.

As a musician, I look for certain things that stimulate me. And what I look for is something that's an evolution on a particular genre that I never heard before.

If I had a stock of fabulous sounds I would just always use them. I wouldn't bother to find new ones.