Alessandro Michele Quotes

The good parts are the people who don't make do. They're the interesting people. Lear doesn't make do.

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

I love Lady Gaga. She's not afraid to take risks and be herself.

I think the key to great art and great artists is to just fully be yourself and not be scared of that, and be the extremes of your personality. Show the extremes of your personality and embrace the imperfections. Embrace the things about yourself that you might not like.

I really think that being yourself, being original, being outside the box is starting to be appealing to people.

I don't mind being unlikely. I'd rather that than be predictable.

Where's your will to be weird?

I'm a lot of things at once. I want my audience to choose the side they like most about me.

I'm into emulation, not imitation.

Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.

What was previously perceived as nerdy is now viewed as original. What I like about nerdiness, geekiness, is it doesn't really matter what you're into - it just means you're not a follower.

I get a kick out of not being ideal. I think it's awesome. That's entirely the point. And I think my creator is quite a character for letting that be.

I feel like I want to keep moving toward idiosyncracy. Personal, personal, personal.

That's that Dungeon Family ethos: being able to reinvent yourself, stand out and stand alone. Having your own character and having your own image, no matter what they say about you. I want to show my versatility and how diverse I am, how I approach the track, my rhythm, my melodies. It's something different.

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.

Well, I've always been eclectic.

The message is risk, really risk. Be yourself. Create.

If there is one thing that makes me unique, it's that I riff a lot.

I just love his creativity; that's what I'm talking about as far as being unique and creative and different. Kanye is doing it.

I'm always vocal about people being unique and different in hip-hop.

There are some beautiful things about people like Katy Perry, who are bold enough to go up on a pink cotton-candy cloud, with a guitar, in a tutu, and sing all by herself.

I appreciate people who sway to the beat of their own tambourine, like Iris Apfel and Helena Bonham Carter.

I want to encourage people to be themselves and express themselves however they want.

I'm a little bit of everything. That's what makes Nicky Jam so different from everybody else.

We're all just cats trying to be original, which is what I think being a B-boy is about.