Jason Wu Quotes

It's great to get to make something in your own voice.

If I was singing like somebody else, then it was almost like I was expressing myself like somebody else. So it was always a very original thing for me. It's my voice, it's my diary, it's the way I connect with people.

It's the way you play that makes it . . . Play like you play. Play like you think, and then you got it, if you're going to get it. And whatever you get, that's you, so that's your story.

I feel like the point of being an artist is to have your own voice: to do it the way you would do it and not the way anyone else would do it. If you're a strong enough writer, then that voice is going to come out all the time, and I can't stop it from coming out, no matter what I do.

My style is all to myself.

When I teach writing, I have a mantra: 'Be a first-rate version of yourself, and not a second-rate version of another writer.'

Everyone has his own sound. I'm not going to presume how to tell anybody how to write.

The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can.

I think this, I think basically I'm not interested in people following my work or making work like my work.

I'm not going to be able to play it like somebody else.

Of course I am proud of my dad and where I come from, but I do have my own way of working my own style.

Don't try to guess what it is people want and give it to them. Don't ask for a show of hands. Try your best to write what you like, what you think your friends would like and what you think your father would like and then cross your fingers... The most valuable thing you have is your own voice.

Covers are always so fun to do, but there's nothing like telling your own story.

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

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.

I have my own thing going on; I don't want to imitate anyone else.

I am very much my own person and my own artist.

The way I work is not the way that you work, and the whole point of any creative act is that. What I have to offer is me, what you have to offer is you, and if you offer yourself with authenticity and generosity I will be moved.

No matter what I put out, no matter what genre - because I feel like I'm going to experiment with everything - I hope people will see that it's true to me, that it's honest, and nobody ever thinks that I'm inauthentic.

Style is like voice, it grows organically from the truth of one's own life experience. Not in terms of chapters, per se, but in terms of stories. It is the story itself that creates an inherent structure.

I've been called a stylist until I really could tear my hair out. And I simply don't believe in style. The style is you.

My style is unique and it's my own. I do not try to copy or imitate anybody.

I just sit there and try to think of stuff that I could do that's a little different but still not step outside of who I am.

I don't want words that other people have invented. All the words are other people's inventions. I want my own stuff, my own rhythm, and vowels and consonants too, matching the rhythm and all my own.

It’s so important to create in your own voice, to hold onto what makes you unique, and have faith in your vision.