David Luiz Quotes

I am very much my own person and my own artist.

I don't have any influences, any heroes, it's just me.

I'm very big on doing my own thing.

Work out of your work. Don't work out of anybody else's work.

If you paint a picture and I paint a picture, we each want to do it our own way. And we'll stand or fall on whatever we did.

Everything I've performed has been from my own head.

I always wanted to beat my own path.

I had my own mind made up in that I was going to do my own thing. I wasn't going to copy from this guy or that guy.

I haven't tried to model myself on anyone. I have my own action, and that suits me.

In the era we came up in, you had to have your own thing.

You need to be your own individual.

Very few artists are as independent as I am mentally, physically, spiritually and technically. I sit in my home studio and record things by myself. I don't need to get anybody's approval or validation.

My parents were quite liberal with us, always encouraging us to be our own person and be creative.

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.

I made a statement all my own.

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

Forget about trying to compete with someone else. Create your own pathway. Create your own new vision.

There was no one near to confuse me, so I was forced to become original.

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.

I would say to someone, 'Make your own stuff sooner.' Also, it's OK to say no to something if it doesn't feel right.

There is never hesitation about doing stand-up. It's just me doing my thing. Unlike being in a band or a play or something, I don't have to rely on anyone else but me.

I got tired of depending on other people, and I had this strong desire to make music of my own. I decided to start writing my own tunes and just see what could happen.

I must create a system or be enslaved by another mans; I will not reason and compare: my business is to create.

I've never tried to emulate anyone. I've never idolized people, I prefer instead to get off on attitudes.

I always feel like I want to do my career my own way.