Stephen Malkmus Quotes

Everyone has something unique about them.

It's different, I don't sound like anyone.

That which makes you different is actually the thing that makes you special.

Anybody who is any good is different from anybody else.

When you are cast for a role, it's because of everything that makes you who you are in that moment in time. No one else has that. That's a unique, powerful thing to hold.

Whether you listen to a piece of music, or a poem, or look at a picture or a jug, or a piece of sculpture, what matters about it is not what it has in common with others of its kind, but what is singularly its own.

I hope I'm an individual. I suppose an eccentric is a super individual.

Every top player has his own style, just as every painter has his own personal signature.

All greatness of character is dependent on individuality. The man who has no other existence than that which he partakes in common with all around him, will never have any other than an existence of mediocrity.

I think it's good to do your own thing and want to be different, and not look like everyone else.

In Bollywood, people struggle because there is a new person joining every week, who joins an assembly line of people who are very replaceable. But if you are unique, you don't have to struggle that much.

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.

The best thing you've got going for you is individuality.

I don't know any celebrated people that register in a big way who aren't unique.

People don't want just vanilla. They want 31 flavors. I couldn't do what Rihanna does. I couldn't do what Gaga does. They can't do what I do.

I hear so many of the young people today sing and I think they have a good voice, yet I wonder if they'll ever know that they sound alike.

Don't try to be different. Just be good. To be good is different enough.

You make your mark by being true to who you are and letting that be your staple.

Things aren't interesting if you level them. It's the voice that's interesting.

I think it is - the biggest plus the performer can have is to be a little unique.

The biggest thing is, when I was coming up, the thing that made you wonderful was your uniqueness. People celebrated that.

I can't just sing karaoke; I can't do anything to try to sound like other people. I have to find what I naturally sound like and emphasize that.

My voice doesn't sound like anyone else's. I wanted to sound like my favorite singers when I was young because when you're young you don't put much value on uniqueness. But later I realized I had something special to offer.

If you have another actor like Ranveer Singh, same energy and same vibe, you probably won't look at that person. There are a lot of people who can rap, it's just a different personality or sound that gets noticed.

I know that me personally I'm different than anyone else, just like our mothers all tell us we're all very special and unique and we are, and I think if an actor can stick to trying to make the character resemble something from their own spirit it will automatically be unique.