Quotes About Originality

If you consider the definition of authenticity, it's saying something and actually doing it. I write my own songs. I made my own videos. I pick my producers. Nothing goes out without my permission. It's all authentic.

When I started making Minecraft videos, there was already a ton of them out there. But when I started introducing the storytelling element, which no one had done before, that's when my Minecraft traffic started picking up.

We're tired of band videos where all you see is musicians playing in some random church or out in a desert.

I always thought I'd look corny in the type of rap video in the club with girls and all that type of stuff. I just didn't think I could really pull that off. We always think it's more fun and better just to go outside the box and to use our videos to show cool concepts.

When I do videos, it's just myself.

I don't want to make videos that come out looking like commercials or movie trailers.

Back in the day, I used to get really upset when people used to say that I didn't really make all my own things - like my art or my videos or whatever. I work really hard on everything, so it used to upset me when people would try to discredit me or say that I wouldn't have what I had without this person or that person.

Make an account, start uploading videos, and then be yourself; it's very cliche, but no one else can do it.

I think the most important part of anyone creating videos or creating anything is just being genuine and having it be true to what you want to do and who you are.

The 'Down in the DM' to 'Rake It Up' to videos, the artwork... everything is 100 percent me. If you want to sample it, if it's going to be in a movie, whatever, you gotta call me.

Don't borrow someone else's spectacles to view yourself with.

Because when you are something people don't know quite how to define, it means you get more of an opportunity to define yourself to bring something new to the table, to bring a new view on things.

I always knew that content was the best way to sell things, but my thing was, why sell other people's stuff if I have a point of view?

Our goal is to focus on the unique points of view of our show creators but make shows that have broad appeal.

It's always good to take an orthogonal view of something. It develops ideas.

Well, obviously I wanted it to sound as original as possible. I suppose the influences that we had were probably from the actual power point of view we wanted to be like the Who. Vocally we wanted to be like the Beach Boys, whatever was good at the time.

What was previously perceived as nerdy is now viewed as original. What I like about nerdiness, geekiness, is it doesn't really matter what you're into - it just means you're not a follower.

The first rule of writing is that there are no rules.

I'm trying to have my own thing, and I don't know if it's even possible. I didn't realize so many people actually think I'm trying to be like my dad. I read comments like 'She's no Elvis.' I'm not trying to be. I never set out to be.

It's hard to feel like you have to be something you're not.

best to be who you is. What you is deep down inside. Ain't no other good way of livin'.

Solberg; nature's greatest argument against cloning.

In all my years of coaching, I have never been successful using somebody else's play.

The danger of reading too much is that we shall have only the thoughts of others. The danger of reading too little or none at all, that we shall have none but our own.