Benny Blanco Quotes

Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary.

Discover your own style. Don't try to repeat what has already been written - have the courage to do your own thing and don't be afraid to do something different.

I like more the fact that I like to think out of the box. Thinking out of the box goes along with dressing out of the box and living out of the box.

We're starting to push the envelope in terms of the expectations, and you can also have your own style, personality and sense of humor, because now we're allowed to.

Not to be boxed in, to be able to transcend boundaries: for an artist, it's essential.

Don't be a blueprint. Be an original.

Have fun. Do something nobody else had done before, or has done since.

In a society that tries to standardize thinking, individuality is not highly prized.

I never was the battle rapper. That was never my thing. I always felt like it's enough room for everybody to do their thing. I like bringing new energy, re-inventing the wheel, so to speak, every time I come out.

I'm so proud to be on a Kate Bush record; she's always marched to the beat of her own drum.

The educator should do anything but advise the child to do what everybody does. He should rather rejoice when he sees in the child tendencies to deviation.

Don't just rehash what came before. Find new things to do with it, in your unique voice.

Just trying to be different - when I hear something - I don't like to go trampling on other people's sounds.

I'm constantly trying to be as original as I can.

Graphic design is the paradise of individuality, eccentricity, heresy, abnormality, hobbies and humors.

Don't look at all at what other people are doing. Think of what you're doing as completely fresh because if you imitate you're dead.

I love when people have their own creative vision, when a person stands out and tries different things.

I don't want to be the cliche American Idol dude. I want to be different, you know - that's the whole goal, me and music. It's about being yourself and being unique.

I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.

The American people ... have a stake in con-conformity, for they know that the American genius is non-conformist.

What I love about Kanye is that he doesn't fit the mould either. He does what he feels.

The key to me is being different not for the sake of being different, but being the most authentic version of what you do. And definitely it takes a willingness to be different, because there was resistance for me early on, and I feel like that's usually the case when there's a certain paradigm or trend happening, and you step outside of that.

You can't be different for different's sake, and this doesn't always work, but you have to separate yourself from the normal read. Of course, it has to be truthful. If it's not truthful, don't waste your time.

You have to be unique in your own ways and the ways that you play to find a way to win. You can't always go with the trend that's going on. Sometimes you have to create the trend yourself and be confident in it.

I think rappers spend a lot of time trying to figure out what is new. 'How can I say this in a way that no one has ever said it before?'