Bradley Cooper Quotes

I don't do the same show twice. I've never done a show word for word.

I feel like the point of being an artist is to have your own voice: to do it the way you would do it and not the way anyone else would do it. If you're a strong enough writer, then that voice is going to come out all the time, and I can't stop it from coming out, no matter what I do.

We all tell our own stories the way we live our lives. My story is: Life is too short to not believe in fresh voices. I don't have Hollywood stars. I have great American artists.

I don't do the same show on any two nights.

When you're recording classic songs, you've got to kind of make them your own, and you can't always worry about what people are going to think.

When someone comes along and expresses him or herself as freely as they think, people flock to it. They enjoy it.

To me, what makes an artist is a unique personality that they're not afraid to let show.

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 never tried to sing like anybody else, fortunately I didn't sound like anybody else. It just happened.

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

My philosophy was simple: audiences shouldn't say that I just came, stood, and copied another comedy star. They should say 'Senthil acted in this.

I just have fun on stage. There's nothing premolded out there. I try to always do something different.

It's just I do things differently and I want people to appreciate music for what it is, and not because of a story.

I'm just trying to be myself - make music how I make music.

You should be able to do you. That's what differentiates an artist from a singer.

A live show is something that can never ever be duplicated on a computer.

When you're on Broadway, what's kind of the whole point is that you find something new in the show each night.

Don't always be appraising yourself, wondering if you are better or worse than other writers. "I will not Reason and Compare," said Blake; "my business is to Create." Besides, since you are like no other being ever created since the beginning of Time, you are incomparable.

The best performances, are those that can be performed once.

Never fear being vulgar, just boring, middle class or dull.

Don't take voice lessons. Do it your way.

Competition impedes creativity because you present yourself in a way that's going to been seen by somebody outside of you. You're not very much yourself and it limits you.

I like when people do cool stuff that might be a little off-the-wall to anybody else, but they found a way to make it work for that day. I wouldn't recommend that people wear it every day like that, but if you every once in a while just spice it up, I like that. I dare to be different.

I was always being creative. I could never have played a defensive role because I would have been forced to destroy the other player's creativity.

It is foolish to try to imitate the skills of others.