Billy Squier Quotes

I'll never be August Wilson - but what I can be is more of myself.

People always tell me, 'Reinvent yourself, re-this, re-whatever.' I haven't reinvented myself. It's an honest evolution. I've always been authentic.

I didn't start to work until I realized what it was I had to offer. I stopped imitating performers I admired and started just being myself.

I know now that most people are so closely concerned with themselves that they are not aware of their own individuality, I can see myself, and it has helped me to say what I want to say in paint.

You just get out there and be what you want to be. That's part of evolving and part of staying true to yourself - part of remaining alive in a real authentic, long-term sense creatively: not listening to what other people tell you to be.

If you spend your life walking through somebody else's museum, you never find out whether you're Rembrandt or not.

The poet reminds men of their uniqueness and it is not necessary to possess the ultimate definition of this uniqueness. Even to speculate is a gain.

My work is trying to at least define myself on my own terms, and then if other people enjoy things that's a lovely addition.

I used to sing like Nat King Cole. I mean he was the guy when I was comin' up, and you know, man, people used to say of me, "Damn, he sure do sound like Nat King Cole." But there was a day, and luckily for me it was early, when I woke up and asked myself, "Well, when are the ask me to sing because I sound like me?" So my advice is, never do anything that you don't like.

I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.

To me, searching for perfection isn't anywhere near as interesting as trying to find your own voice.

In my life and my work, I really try to be just fully myself.

My music just stands for being true to who you are.

You've got to be oblivious to other people, the push and pull of other people's opinions, the way other people measure success. It's then that you realize you are 100 percent who you are and you have to use that who-you-are 100 percent in order to create great things.

I think being appropriate is what you have to do. I think these trend things are terrible, like 'Ten Things You Must Have.' Why must you have them? They're a 'must' for some people, but for some they're not. It's silly. Again, it's all a matter of knowing who you are. You'll never run out of ideas once you do. But it's hard work and some people don't want to put in the time or effort. So they don't. And that's their issue. I don't sit in judgment on how they look.

The function of education is to help you from childhood not to imitate anybody, but be yourself all the time.

When people say 'I want to be like you', I tell them if you want to be like me, then be yourself.

I mean, what do you think creativity is? Nothing but self-indulgence. And the more self-indulgent it is, the more interesting it becomes. So I think that part of creativity is also falling in love with your own narcissism: accepting it, using it as an asset.

You should not really entertaining anyone else, but trying to be yourself, because there are already more good books than you or I could ever read in our lifetime.

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 have never regarded myself as this or that. I have been too busy being myself to bother about regarding myself.

He has found his style, when he cannot do otherwise.

To me, the most interesting part of 'True Blood' is that the entire crux of the show is based on identity and finding your true identity.

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

I think that more and more there's a sense that the best performances I can give are the ones that are the truest to who I am. The further I move away from who I am, the worse they are.