Joe Nichols Quotes

I don't get inspired by too many people because I like uniqueness. I'm a unique dude.

It's like everybody try to sound the same exact way because they think it's going to get them some fame, but nah. You've got to be different.

When you're just like everybody else, you've nothing to offer other than your conformity.

I don't like to look typical.

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.

Why do you want to fit in when you were born to stand out?

Maybe I'm not a typical pop star, but I don't think there's a mould for a pop star or singer. You can do whatever you want.

I don't want to sound like anyone.

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

We don't follow trends; I don't think we even set trends. We just do our own thing. We just do what we love. That's why Arch Enemy sounds like that.

Even if I did work with a big producer, you try not to do the same kind of records as everybody else.

I feel like I wanted to run differently than everybody else did. And I want to do things that everybody else hasn't done.

I'm not just cookie-cutter. You always see something different.

I don't like trends. They tend to make everybody look the same.

Don't try to write to the trend of the moment.

The worst thing I can be is the same as everybody else. I hate that.

I think, as an artist, part of your job is being aware of what's going on around you and not selling out and not following the trend, which I'm totally against.

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

I've never really tried to copy anyone; I like to have my own style.

In my movies, I'm not trying to erase any old image of myself, really. And also I'm not trying to imitate anyone or follow in their footsteps, because I know, Burt Reynolds was just one of the people that told me this, I know how you can only last in this business if you got something special to offer, just by being yourself.

You've gotta be original, because if you're like someone else, what do they need you for?

The minute you succumb to outside pressure, you cease to be creative.

I don't chase what I hear on the radio. I try not to compete with anybody.

I think most people don't like others who, without a voice of their own, emulate the other. I certainly don't want anybody just to pick up my thoughts and hand them back to me.

Nobody is original anymore. Nobody has any original style.