Emeli Sande Quotes

Don't try to write what other people are writing - write what is true to you.

I think the beauty of the film industry is that if another person tries to become another person or act like another person or imitate another person, they don't really get too far. When that person starts to realize who they are and what they can bring to the table, they start to blossom and grow. With that, it's not so much me looking towards my predecessors who have paved the way in the industry - it's more getting inspired. I get little bits and pieces of what I can take from any and everybody.

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

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

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 thought I was clever enough to write as well as these people and I didn't realize that there is something called originality and your own voice.

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.

Express yourself in any way possible.

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

Everybody's out trying to be commercial. I'm not trying to be anything, really.

I made clothes because I was looking for something that didn't exist. I had to try to create my own world.

No man who values originality will ever be original. But try to tell the truth as you see it, try to do any bit of work as well as it can be done for the work's sake, and what men call originality will come unsought.

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.

The most original thing a writer can do is write like himself. It is also his most difficult task.

To be a true artist, I have to be true to who I am now and write that way.

I learned early in my writing career that if I try to tailor a song for someone else, I'm usually off base. They're usually looking for something from you with your character.

There are so many funny people and so many talented people, but the one thing nobody else has is my take on the world. So, when I'm developing my show, that's going to be the focus.

Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish.

To me, what makes an artist is a unique personality that they're not afraid to let show.

I don't want to be the cliche American Idol dude. I want to be different, you know - that's the whole goal, me and music. It's about being yourself and being unique.

I think that, as artists, all we can do is be who we are. I think that if we do that, then we're automatically not anyone else.

What eventually you find in comics is the only thing unique you can bring to a character who's been around for 80 years is yourself.

I don't wanna be like everybody else, I don't wanna rap like everybody else.

To me, that's what music entails. It's freedom, it's having the undeniable confidence to express yourself in a way that you know is right.

You should be able to do you. That's what differentiates an artist from a singer.