Issey Miyake Quotes

I want people to see an honesty within me. I'm not trying to be the next Sam Cooke or Otis Redding.

I still appreciate individuality. Style is much more interesting than fashion, really.

I'm not even sure I have a style! All I know for sure is I don't want to look like everyone else.

I'm writing from a place of - a center of authenticity, somewhere that only I know how to write from.

To be a true artist, I have to be true to who I am now and write that way.

I would say trust your own judgment and develop your own style that is true in your heart and don't be deterred from that. Just develop that something that's unique to you that you feel you can give. Be true to yourself, trust your own judgment; that's all.

One should never write down or up to people, but out of yourself.

I can only be me. I have a hard time being a chameleon as a singer.

Fashion is what people tell you to wear. Style is what comes from your own inner thing.

My style is not trendy by any means; my inner artists loves to shine through in my wardrobe.

I was always telling girls who said that they wanted to be the 'next' Kate Moss or the 'next' Gisele that it wasn't possible, because the 'next' girl wasn't going to look like anybody else; she would be somebody unique. If you look at all the great models... they all have an individual look.

You have to be who you are when you do music.

I've tried singing like somebody else, and it never worked for me. The only thing that has ever worked for me was me being me, so either you love it or not.

When I go out and I'm presenting the best side of myself, I want to look different from everyone, but I don't want it to look like I'm wearing a costume.

I would never agree to sing something I didn't feel was 100% me.

I try to be myself without being anything different.

I think the most important thing is to be yourself and be genuine and don't try to tell anybody else's story but your own. And if it comes from a genuine place, I think people can tell, and if it doesn't, I think people can tell, and I think that eventually it shows.

I don't have any problems with what these guys wear because they got their own style and their own originality. That's the way it's supposed to be, man.

If there's one theme in all my work, it's about authenticity and self-expression. It's the idea that some things are, in some real sense, really you - or express what you and others aren't.

My fashion sense is relatable but stands out because it's my own.

I'm bad at trends. Just wear what you want and what suits you.

The street-wear and the very androgynous tomboyish girl, that's just not this new persona I'm introducing… it's me 24/7.

Just be authentic and be you.

People in the beauty community don't like copycats, so I think it's important to stay true to who you are and people will stay your customer.

I think being stylish is about being you.