Mithun Chakraborty Quotes

I'm more of a freestyle dancer. I like to do my own thing.

I think as a director you have to make it your own. It'd be a mistake to approach a project with the idea of 'I'm going to do this the way I think somebody else would,' because then you'd never be clear on your idea.

I made the tenor sax - there's nobody plays like me and I don't play like anybody else.

Writing is not a competitive sport. Everyone that writes has his or her own voice.

It does not matter how badly you paint so long as you don't paint badly like other people.

My job is to just express something that I want to express. And if I'm ahead or behind the curve, that's for others to decide.

I don't think you can write according to a set of rules and laws; every writer is so different.

It's a question of not copying the masters, to look for something, good or bad, for oneself. To enter this liberated state of mind, one cannot copy the others.

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

I think it's important to have your own individual style and sense of self. It's kind of what I do.

The most important thing for me as an artist is having an identity.

If I knew anything about what people wanted and was popular, I'd still be writing for 'Saturday Night Live'. I can only write what I want, and hopefully people will like it.

I love artists like Jon B, but I don't wanna be compared to anybody. I'm just doing my interpretation of rnb and how someone like me should be doing it.

I like to be a little different. I like details. Whatever I wear, I always have a say.

I like to express myself inside of the work that is given, and I let the dancers do the same.

The way I play is very unique.

This is my real concern: to give each film a unique individuality.

I was so big, so I had to always come up with my own creations. Like, when I would do junior prom and stuff, I would have stuff specially made or added to my outfit. I definitely was always into trying to do something a little over and beyond.

I'm a creative person, and I'm gonna be creative, so whoever's upset because of that, that's too bad.

It's important for me that anything I lend my stamp to must have a perspective that is uniquely mine.

One of the things that made Bob so unique and wonderful is that he had a genuine style, like Balanchine, like de Mille.

Everybody laughed at me when I said I wanted to make a dance video, but when I said, 'What would it look like if Joe Strummer made a dance video?' everybody shut up.

There's nobody like The B-52s. But doing stuff on my own, I can also express more personal songs.

Sheryl Crow. I loved her 'Tuesday Night Music Club.' She expressed her own point of view, and she wasn't trying to be like anyone else, and I loved that. That's been the thinking of all my favorite artists.

My music is not like everybody gonna love it, it's really what I make of it.