Norm Crosby Quotes

Different is better. I get more jobs being different.

I want to be remembered as iconic and different.

You really do have to be different. You really do have to set yourself apart.

The movies I do have to be different in some way. Nothing vanilla will do.

I don't get inspired by too many people because I like uniqueness. I'm a unique dude.

Anybody who is any good is different from anybody else.

I wanted to make something very unique, something very different.

In my movies, I'm not trying to erase any old image of myself, really. And also I'm not trying to imitate anyone or follow in their footsteps, because I know, Burt Reynolds was just one of the people that told me this, I know how you can only last in this business if you got something special to offer, just by being yourself.

In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.

It doesn't really matter to me what the rest of country is doing. I'm not caught up in trying to make a record that sounds like everybody else. That, to me, is a record label's absolute biggest downfall.

I am attracted to anything that does not feel derivative.

I didn't want to do something typical.

People don't want just vanilla. They want 31 flavors. I couldn't do what Rihanna does. I couldn't do what Gaga does. They can't do what I do.

Why do you want to fit in when you were born to stand out?

You want to stake your own claim. You don't want to be called a copycat.

I just love his creativity; that's what I'm talking about as far as being unique and creative and different. Kanye is doing it.

The biggest thing is, when I was coming up, the thing that made you wonderful was your uniqueness. People celebrated that.

I've always wanted to do things different, always wanted to be the person who stands out from the pack.

Strive to be different and better than what is already out there if you are creating - Benjamin Clementine does that.

I love people who have distinctive, unique personalities who are not in assembly lines and have something to offer.

I want people to say that I'm something new, something different. Something they've never seen before.

It's like everybody try to sound the same exact way because they think it's going to get them some fame, but nah. You've got to be different.

I'm not just cookie-cutter. You always see something different.

Write about what makes you different.

It is always better to be an original than an imitation.