Rod Stewart Quotes

My identity has everything to do with me and my instrument. It doesn't have to do with what production style I use, or how many people played on it, whether it's sparse or grandiose or whatever. And I'm social, frankly.

Your limitations create your sound.

Fashion has always been in conflict with convention. Style involves some knowledge of both. But you can pretty much forget these seasonal injunctions.

I don't know where my fashion sense comes from, exactly. I've always been interested in, not necessarily being unique, but not necessarily sticking to the preexisting paradigm - whether it be clothes or music or whatever.

Music should not be a contest, it should be an individual thing that each band is putting out from within themselves.

I'm in love with artists that are really difficult to cover or to copy. You can only try to copy them, but you will never succeed because it's intertwined with really personal references and really personal ways to exist on stage. They are really strong individuals, and are writing their own songs and know where they want to go.

I have never followed anyone's style of singing.

The only advice we gave Richie Faulkner was we wanted Richie to be his own guy. You have to let your musicians in your band be who they are.

In the band Semi-Precious Weapons, I got to sing, wear, and say exactly what I wanted for ten years.

As a drag queen, you can pick your hair and I've made some horrible choices.

As a performer, the thing you want the most is to be your authentic self.

I am not really interested in only showcasing my life or work but plan to produce, write and create work that is solely my vision.

If you leave home and, at least some of the time, someone doesn't tell you that they don't like your outfit, you're not doing it right. You're not trying. You're not taking enough risks. You know, somebody should tell you they don't really like you're outfit. I enjoy when people say that, actually.

I want to be my own artist and reflect my creativity.. I don't want to be turned into a pop princess; that's not who I am.

Following the example of Bruce Springsteen or Bob Seger, I wanted to have a band, a sound and a personality, yet maintain a singular position of being able to control and motivate the flow of things.

If I'm inspired to make a certain kind of song, I'm going to make that kind of song, no matter if it's what they know me as or think I am.

I got my style. I got my own way of playing. I'm a musician. I'm self-taught.

When I get to make a movie, I really try to make it on my own terms.

What I love about the U.K. is that there are no style boundaries, you can wear anything and you won't be judged, which is a fantastic attitude to have towards fashion.

I can't create music if I'm wearing a mask and not being myself, and that was the problem with The Czars.

I want to wear something because I love it, not because it follows the rules.

You can look at Lil Uzi and know he has a strong opinion about his aesthetic.

I'm happy with all of my past outfits, as they have felt right at the time, and your style always evolves.

I chose art, music, of course fashion, clothes, colors. I'm just expressing what I have inside and bringing it out.

I dress differently, I don't conform to what golf is supposed to be.