Richard Thompson Quotes

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.

You have to be unique.

Originality is being different from oneself, not others.

Just because I had a winner, it doesn't mean I'm gonna be like, "OK, I need a new 'Successful.'" That's silly. I just don't want anything to sound like anything else, which I hope is everybody's vision.

Be as unique and original as possible.

I'm sure people would argue this, but I want to be different in everything I do. I don't think I've been the same in anything I've done, and I want to keep that up.

There's a large opportunity for Bon Iver to be a special thing, even from a business standpoint - just trying to do cooler things. Every band sells t-shirts and plays certain auditoriums, but I'm sick of being like everyone else, because I'm not.

What's lucky about my career in general is that I stumbled into what every writer most wants. Not repeating myself and doing strange things has become my trademark.

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

Always do something different from the others.

I wanted each of my books to be very different from the others, each to be special and uncategorizable, and I knew I could only do that a few times before I was in danger of repeating myself.

What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another would have said as well as you, do not say it; what another would have written as well, do not write it. Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself-and thus make yourself indispensable.

Different is better. I get more jobs being different.

You can't be all of the people you're influenced by, so you make your own filter and create your own beautiful, unique thing in the world. Soak up the world, man, and make something of your own.

I see the world become so uniform. Everybody has to be the same. I like people who are different.

I think everybody has their own unique style.

Just trying to be different - when I hear something - I don't like to go trampling on other people's sounds.

If you want to be original just try being yourself, because God has never made two people exactly alike.

I'm constantly trying to be as original as I can.

I don't want to get myself in trouble - and I don't think I'm super important or anything - but I think it's so funny that when you look at the business and the way that people make decisions in their lives, whether they're in art or music or they're in industry, they forget that being unique is the answer.

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.

Groups like The Mountain Brothers just have to keep on doing what they're doing - just make it dope and just make it different. And not try to compete with other people of color.

And to be different is great. You don't want to be the same.

Very few people are original. There's very little original anything out there. Because to be original means you have to stand alone.

I love when people have their own creative vision, when a person stands out and tries different things.