Robin Cousins Quotes

I get a kick out of being an outsider constantly. It allows me to be creative.

I always took a great deal of pride in being original.

When you're an artist, all you're trying to do is self-express.

It does not matter how badly you paint so long as you don't paint badly like other people.

I'd rather play here in this small bar and just do a good show. Because it's fun and there's no expectations, it's encouragement to be different, do something new.

I don't follow any system. All the laws you can lay down are only so many props to be cast aside when the hour of creation arrives.

The difference between a bad artist and a good one is: the bad artist seems to copy a great deal; the good one really does.

Creativity seldom thrives in an atmosphere of great discipline or scrutiny. That's one reason we tend not to want our leaders to get too creative.

I stray away from formulaic, the formatted.

Jazz is all about improvisation and it's about the moment in time, doing it this way now, and you'll never do it this way twice. I've studied the masters. Why would I want to play ball after the guys who sit on a bench? I want to play like Michael Jordan.

One thing I like about jazz is that it emphasized doing things differently from what other people were doing.

Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the slave of your model.

I try not to do anything by formula.

There's no one way to be creative. Any old way will work.

I always had that sense of being censored for the things that I thought. Why is it wrong to embroider your pants, or paint with acrylics on your clothing? Why is that weird? Isn't it weirder to want to be like everyone else?

The great thing about this thing we call art is that it has no rules.

I'd like to shut off all the noise and allow people to be creative without all the judgments and standards that we think we have to follow.

I want to show my versatility and how diverse I am, how I approach the track, my rhythm, my melodies. It's something different. Sometimes, the things I do haven't ever been done.

Through my unique style of playing, I want to prove that you don't have to conform to be accepted. The greatest value comes from loving yourself for who you are.

I like what Dumbfoundead and Awkwafina are doing, but I think I'm just trying to do something different.

Signature film-making seems rather dull to me; it's about finding something you can do something with and running with the ball.

I'm a little insane, and I'm going to be a little different. But hopefully, somewhere in there, in that creative arena, something will emerge that is new and different and unique.

People classify things and that's fair enough. But if somebody wants to make something different, that doesn't make them any less of an artist.

I have always lived my life outside of the box. I find it to be way more fun there.

In music you can find your own niche. You can do what you want to do. There is really no job description. You have to find your own way, and that's fun.