Michael Hutchence Quotes

We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you're doing so.

It's great to admire other people's fashion choices, but I don't think you should idolise anyone.

The best form of flattery is to be admired, imitated or respected. I've always felt proud our fans look up to us or feel we are inspirational.

I have never emulated any star or celebrity completely, and I hope nobody does the same of me.

It's the ultimate compliment to be imitated or at least be somebody's influence, for sure.

I'm starting to see players copy what I do. I'm flattered.

Admiration of great men, living or dead, naturally evokes imitation of them in a greater or less degree.

I never really modeled my game after anybody.

Future's not everybody. The people who are taking my style are like my babies. I've got a tribe of kids that want to be like me... But I understand why people want to imitate the things I do. They're dope. It comes naturally to me. My fans can expect greatness. If I wasn't me, I would want to be me.

From the first instant I met her, I wanted to be Nora Ephron. I just really wanted to please her.

I always see other people as predecessors and admire them.

I wouldn't say there is one guy that I would say patterns himself after me.

It's very flattering when you look into the crowd and people have made an effort and dressed in your style.

I certainly wouldn't want to be a Mini Me of any of the people whose footsteps I've followed in.

When you have a celebrity status, people feel inspired by you people. They start to emulate what you are doing. So it inspires me as a celebrity to do something which is for greater good.

It's like Christians who want to be like Jesus. We're just trying to follow in someone's footsteps. Might as well be The Beatles.

One of the most flattering things is when other people are seeing what you're doing and then replicating that kind of thing.

I don't apply [being a role model] to the choices I make. I feel like a role model is not necessarily someone you want to imitate, just someone you admire.

Anytime anybody impersonates you, it's a great compliment.

Imitation is the highest form of flattery, but clones kind of get it wrong because we are promoting individuality and being proud of being yourself.

I was inspired by lots of people, certainly in acting and in writing and stuff, but I never wanted to be somebody else.

I don't think he's permanently affected me except in the sense that I miss him. I miss being him. Or trying to be him. He is one of a gallery of characters that have had an impact on my career and therefore my life.

I've studied a lot of great people over the years - Pete Seeger, James Brown - and tried to incorporate elements that I've admired, though I can't say I dance like James.

I was shaped by the heroes in the films I saw, which you always want to emulate and be like. I wanted to be like Alan Ladd, Gary Cooper, Jimmy Stewart.

The only thing I really recommend, if you're starting out in stand-up is to not try to copy anybody else. You can be influenced by people. I was influenced by Steve Martin and Bob Newhart and Woody Allen, but I never tried to be someone else. I always tried to be myself. And the reason people are successful is they're unique.