Mannie Fresh Quotes

When it comes to the '90s, there's nothing I want to repeat.

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 was so big, so I had to always come up with my own creations. Like, when I would do junior prom and stuff, I would have stuff specially made or added to my outfit. I definitely was always into trying to do something a little over and beyond.

I am not trying to be the next anyone - I am going to be the first Dolph Ziggler!

I don't really have a style -- I'm just me. My style is kinda whatever I feel like wearing. A lot of girls feel like they need to wear what everyone else is wearing. But it's good to have your own trend. People will start following it!

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.

Creativity is very selfish. Scandalously so, in fact.

I grew up in the '70s and '80s, at a time that I'd argue was the absolute golden age of American popular culture. Because not only did we have all of the fantastic new stuff in print and on screens, but we had a constant supply of everything that came before, as well.

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

To the extent that independent means you're willing to attempt to put your own ideas, personality, and commitment to the material on screen, then of course I hope I'm independent until the day I die.

Don't ever try and be like anybody else and don't be afraid to take risks.

I'm never worried about being upstaged. I love to have the best, most individual people come in and see if we hit on something.

My style is all to myself.

If you copy then it is not self-expression.

I always say that I don't like it when people follow trends too much, just because it is on the runway. I think what you wear really does need to reflect what your own personal style is.

I don't repeat that many styles if I can help, although some have become classics. I try not to repeat. I'd rather surprise people.

I think everybody has their own unique style.

It's a question of not copying the masters, to look for something, good or bad, for oneself. To enter this liberated state of mind, one cannot copy the others.

I'm not the new anything; I'm just Agyness.

I think it's important to have your own individual style and sense of self. It's kind of what I do.

Living creatively is really important to maintain throughout your life. And living creatively doesn't mean only artistic creativity, although that's part of it. It means being yourself, not just complying with the wishes of other people.

Well, so far, at least, my own ideas always take priority over those of other writers. As long as the well doesn't run dry, I imagine this will be the case.

The problem with competition is that it takes away the requirement to set your own path, to invent your own method, to find a new way.

I want to be different, and fashion gives me that outlet to do that.

Truthfully, I'm pretty stuck in the '80s.