Flying Lotus Quotes

I'd never just want to do what everybody else did. I'd be contributing to the sameness of everything.

Sometimes it's nice to be a bit different.

People who follow all the rules and chase every trend tend to get forgotten - they look great, but they're not as memorable.

The worst thing I can be is the same as everybody else. I hate that.

Yeah, but if you're not doing what everyone else is doing then you're going to be misunderstood. People are going to wonder why you're trying to be different; it's just a natural instinct.

I named my album 'So Uncool' because it defies the ordinary: you're different from everyone else. It's like, being uncool makes you cool because you're different!

Of course I know I am not the average footballer. But I'd be lying if I said I set out to be different, I didn't set out to go against the grain.

I always wanted to be different. If it was different I liked it. And it wasn't because I was just trying so hard to be different, it's just by nature.

If you are doing what everyone else is doing, there is probably not an opportunity there.

When you're just like everybody else, you've nothing to offer other than your conformity.

And whenever I'm in a situation where I'm wearing the same as 600 other people and doing the same thing as 600 other people, looking back, I always found ways to make myself different, whether it be having a red lining inside of my jacket, having red shoes, it hasn't changed.

I was always different from all the other kids, and I was doing things that nobody else did or seemed to have any interest in.

I see the world become so uniform. Everybody has to be the same. I like people who are different.

Everybody tries to be exactly the same. I think being an outsider is a good thing.

I think I've always wanted to be different from everybody else. I get really annoyed when I do something and everybody else does it too, or if I'm doing something that everybody else is doing.

When I was fourteen and first started going out, I always wanted to be the opposite of everyone else. So I would go to the club in a polo T-shirt and pants and sneakers and a hat on backward, just so I would not be dressed like other girls.

Conventional is not for me. I like things that are uniquely Flo. I like being different.

So many boys and girls talk the same way, listen to the same music, look the same. If I'm out, I'll notice the person who looks different before I notice the person who's, 'really hot.'

Why can't I be different and unusual... like everyone else?

At a certain point, to remain slightly tangential to wherever I was became a way of 'being Tony': by not being anything that everyone else was.

I just want to sound different than everyone else. I don't care if it sounds bad. I just want people to be like, 'Yo, that dude Benny was different.' Even if it sounds awful, at least they can't say, 'Oh well, I've heard that before.'

That so few now dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of the time.

You don't always have to be popular and do things everyone else is doing.

I tried to be different; I didn't want to be like everybody else.

If you do the same as all the rest, you're the same as all the rest: I don't want to be just another player.