Quotes About Originality

I don't want to do architecture that's dry and dull.

Bios are always so dull and boring.

I certainly don't dumb down the way I dress.

You cannot duplicate Marion Lome.

You name it, we had it. It won't happen again. You're not going to duplicate this show.

Duplication never works for anybody.

Dusty Rhodes was never Virgil Runnells, Dusty Rhodes was always Dusty Rhodes.

Don't dye your hair... I've never dyed it.

I've always had a different ear for music.

I do keep my eyes and ears open but I don't spend a lot of time looking at what other people are doing to see how I can fit in.

The easiest way to make television authentic is to make it really authentic.

I have found for me, and it should be the same for everybody, that it is easiest just to be how you are. Be the true you and there is no need to act differently. It has always been like that.

The way that I dress is the way I've always dressed. The way I've eaten is how I've always eaten. I dress like a 5-year-old, and I eat like a 5-year-old.

You have to be a crazy guy and a little eccentric to be very successful.

I really admire Vivienne Westwood because she always done her own thing. She is eccentric but really great at the same time.

I never want people to say, 'Oh, another Eddie Rabbitt record.' Each has to have a little different approach than the others.

Creativity has got to have some edge to it, doesn't it?

You can't try to be authentic. You either are or you aren't.

I don't try to sound like anyone but me anymore. If something is out of my element, I try to avoid it.

It's never been my goal to create something that is found on the internet elsewhere. I only want to create things that are new.

You don't necessarily have to write a song to make it your own. After all, Elvis never wrote a song in his life.

Because somebody plays guitar, why does it mean they need a singer? Because people already have this image of things? No, I'll put my music together, then think about whether I need to embellish it with a singer.

I think it's really important to embrace what's different about yourself.

We should all try to embrace our own quirkiness.