Glenn Danzig Quotes

Don't just rehash what came before. Find new things to do with it, in your unique voice.

I'm not going to be able to play it like somebody else.

Don't be afraid to take liberties with this music. Try and put some of yourself into it.

Discover your own style. Don't try to repeat what has already been written - have the courage to do your own thing and don't be afraid to do something different.

What eventually you find in comics is the only thing unique you can bring to a character who's been around for 80 years is yourself.

You have to add something of yourself to the portrayal.

I didn't look at the previous 'A Wrinkle in Time' movie. I wrote ideas down from the book, but I didn't really want to copy that Meg. We're the same, but we're different at the same time. I wanted to make myself Meg. I didn't want to use somebody else or use a reference.

I feel like fashion is about being innovative and being able to turn something into something else, making it cool, and making it your own.

I only do what I do. For me, it is a craft. It's got to be my own thing - otherwise, I would never be successful. I could easily go to the archives and pull 1987 or 1991 collection by Calvin Klein. But when you look in there, you realize that it was never about one piece. It was about the collections as bodies of work.

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.

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.

The thing you must really do in television is bring yourself to everything you do - you can't try to be anybody else.

No age is compelled to take its beauty from preceding epochs.

Ultimately, you have to not worry about people thinking you should have played him differently. You're the one playing the part so it has to be yours.

My style is all to myself.

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.

If you copy then it is not self-expression.

I never was the battle rapper. That was never my thing. I always felt like it's enough room for everybody to do their thing. I like bringing new energy, re-inventing the wheel, so to speak, every time I come out.

I think a lot of singer-songwriters get compared to each other, but I'd like to think that what I'm doing is special and specific to me.

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

What I've learned is that it's okay to take from heroes, such as Debussy, but it has to be filtered through my own personality so that ultimately it's me.

I'm into emulation, not imitation.

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.

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