Chris Martin Quotes

There's no point that an album should sound like a watered down version of another album.

Just because you put super great musicians together, it doesn't mean you're going to have that chemistry as a band.

There are so many funny people and so many talented people, but the one thing nobody else has is my take on the world. So, when I'm developing my show, that's going to be the focus.

I think the most important thing for an artist is to stay true to who you are. I want to stay as authentic as possible, as that's how we're going with our team.

Music should not be a contest, it should be an individual thing that each band is putting out from within themselves.

There was something about the chemistry of the band and we would feed off each other. It was a gang of girls unleashed.

There's a large opportunity for Bon Iver to be a special thing, even from a business standpoint - just trying to do cooler things. Every band sells t-shirts and plays certain auditoriums, but I'm sick of being like everyone else, because I'm not.

I don't try to make the guitar sound like the harpsichord or lute. That makes you end up being like a bad copy.

But duets are a lot of fun, I'd love to do another one.

I always took a great deal of pride in being original.

If you can just be yourself, then you have to be original because there's no one like you.

I've never really tried to copy anyone; I like to have my own style.

It is rare that even a jazz musician finds an individual voice.

What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another would have said as well as you, do not say it; what another would have written as well, do not write it. Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself-and thus make yourself indispensable.

In my movies, I'm not trying to erase any old image of myself, really. And also I'm not trying to imitate anyone or follow in their footsteps, because I know, Burt Reynolds was just one of the people that told me this, I know how you can only last in this business if you got something special to offer, just by being yourself.

Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.

When you're just like everybody else, you've nothing to offer other than your conformity.

The biggest compliment I get is that I don't sound like anybody else. I think I value that as the highest compliment.

You've gotta be original, because if you're like someone else, what do they need you for?

I'm never worried about being upstaged. I love to have the best, most individual people come in and see if we hit on something.

My style is all to myself.

I never wanted to be like other blues singers. I might like hearing them play, but I've never wanted to be anyone other than myself. There are a few people that I've wished I could play like, but when I tried, it didn't work.

I think a lot of singer-songwriters get compared to each other, but I'd like to think that what I'm doing is special and specific to me.

It doesn't really matter to me what the rest of country is doing. I'm not caught up in trying to make a record that sounds like everybody else. That, to me, is a record label's absolute biggest downfall.

But to me, to be original is to be yourself.