Rajneesh Quotes

It's hard work to find your own voice and not to copycat anything.

I think that my father would find it so confusing that people want to imitate him. Not because he didn't have confidence in who he was, but because he never imitated anybody. He was his own person.

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

No man was ever great by imitation.

No, because I don't want to hear what's hot and feel I have to copy it. I'll just make up my own thing.

Work out of your work. Don't work out of anybody else's work.

I couldn't imitate anyone if I wanted to.

You want to stake your own claim. You don't want to be called a copycat.

I like to create something that's unique and kind of true to myself and authentic and everything. I don't really like to mirror myself after different artists.

Don't try to guess what it is people want and give it to them. Don't ask for a show of hands. Try your best to write what you like, what you think your friends would like and what you think your father would like and then cross your fingers... The most valuable thing you have is your own voice.

I have my own thing going on; I don't want to imitate anyone else.

I don't follow trends, so I make my own.

In the era we came up in, you had to have your own thing.

Rather hang thyself than belong to the horde of successful imitators.

If someone asks me what inspires me, I always say, "That which is missing," because I don't want to copy everything that's already happening. I feel like when you copy, you blend in, and when you blend in, you get lost.

Imitation is for shirkers, like-minded-ness for the comfort lovers, unifying for the creators.

Write it as it is, don't try to make it like this or that. You can't do it in anybody else's way-you will have to make a way of your own.

Do not worry about your originality. You could not get rid of it even if you wanted to.

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

I always try to be a trend setter. That's what I always tell young people when I'm giving them advice. To go with their heart and don't follow the trends.

The only thing I really recommend, if you're starting out in stand-up is to not try to copy anybody else. You can be influenced by people. I was influenced by Steve Martin and Bob Newhart and Woody Allen, but I never tried to be someone else. I always tried to be myself. And the reason people are successful is they're unique.

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.

I'm not trying to stay in the same place and I'm not trying to compete with what's currently in fashion. That would be dishonest. But, at the same time, I'm different and the music reflects that to some degree.

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

Forget about trying to compete with someone else. Create your own pathway. Create your own new vision.