Johnny Mathis Quotes

I've always said that I use my voice as an instrument. It was something I created myself, and I said, 'Have voice, will travel.'

If you look at the common denominator of all the comics who have had big success, it's being true to their nature... that's what takes a long time to learn.

Be true to yourself. Establish your own style and stick to it.

I've learnt that I've had the best results from just trying to be me, trying to make a movie or TV show I want to see or write a script I want to read, and that's really all I can offer - being authentic.

I tell people that stand-up's like golf: you gotta do it every day to get it down - or at least three times a week to get it down.

The sexiest thing about style is if you kind of just take your personality and put it in what you wear. That's what I think is cool.

I guess if you can't sing, you better have a style!

I feel like it's important, especially at young age, to find exactly what it is that makes your style so important as opposed to just trying to fit into the iconic styles of performers out there.

What I particularly liked was that, coming from California and not being involved in the New York scene, I developed my personal way, in my own way, at my own pace.

For one thing, I teach my students what my teacher for twenty years, Paul Gavert, told me, 'The voice follows... the voice follows everything about you... who you are.'

Call me Ildar! Call me Abra-ca-da-bra! My name is my name.

The best advice I've received is to be yourself. The best artists do that.

My style is all to myself.

I think homes should reflect the individuals and their individual taste rather than someone else's.

I've come more to terms with the fact that I sound like myself. No matter what I do, I sound like myself.

I first became interested in style when I was 16 and I had my first couple of gigs. I realised I couldn't look like the people I was performing to. Not in a condescending way, but just that it would be weird if I was wearing exactly what someone in the crowd was wearing.

Painting is something that you need to do, if not every day, then certainly most days. It is almost like being a pianist: if you stop, you lose something.

I think that it's really nice to learn that makeup is different for every person. Everyone has a different feature on their face that they like to show off.

I've always looked the same. Since I was a child, I hated having to deal with my hair. I hated having to change my clothes. As a kid, I had a sailor shirt and the same old corduroy pants, and that's what I wanted to wear everyday.

The reason I put make-up on or wear the costume is to try and find my own style. It's like my guitar style - I'm just trying to be an original artist.

Well, if you find a note tonight that sounds good, play the same damn note every night!

Don't try to dress like me or wear your hair like mine. Find your own style.

Everybody is different. Everybody has different styles. Just do it the best way you know how.

There's no way to describe what I do. It's just me.

I want to be different, and fashion gives me that outlet to do that.