Roger Taylor Quotes

I'm into emulation, not imitation.

You should be able to do you. That's what differentiates an artist from a singer.

I've learnt that I've had the best results from just trying to be me, trying to make a movie or TV show I want to see or write a script I want to read, and that's really all I can offer - being authentic.

I think that my father would find it so confusing that people want to imitate him. Not because he didn't have confidence in who he was, but because he never imitated anybody. He was his own person.

I feel like it's important, especially at young age, to find exactly what it is that makes your style so important as opposed to just trying to fit into the iconic styles of performers out there.

He has found his style, when he cannot do otherwise.

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

I'm a rapper... Gaga's a fantastic artist, you know, she paved her way. She's opened her own lane. But I think that I have my own lane. And we never cross. Ever. So, you know, I really don't get the comparison anymore. Our music doesn't sound the same. Our stage presence is not the same. I just can't see the similarities.

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

The best advice I've received is to be yourself. The best artists do that.

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

I'm not trying to stay in the same place and I'm not trying to compete with what's currently in fashion. That would be dishonest. But, at the same time, I'm different and the music reflects that to some degree.

Different' and 'new' is relatively easy. Doing something that's genuinely better is very hard.

I'm never worried about being upstaged. I love to have the best, most individual people come in and see if we hit on something.

My style is all to myself.

Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.

I wanted to be that quirky girl who writes funny songs that still have meaning.

You don't just become number one because you sing like everybody else. There is something different you bring to the table. Make sure you are constantly getting into the newest technologies. Learn the history of what you do, and always respect the ones who came before you.

I'm always gonna be all over my CD the most, of course. My talent is my talent. I ain't really tripping off no ego; I just like to make good music with good people.

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.

I don't really have a gimmick or a 'thing.' I'm one of the few artists who gets to be himself every day.

I wanna be more like the Rihanna kind of, Beyonce kind of thing, but I don't want to compare myself to anybody, because I wanna be somebody new, too.

People have often asked me, do I want to be the next Oprah - there is no such thing. Oprah is Oprah, and she's still being Oprah if anybody hasn't noticed... what I bring to TV is myself... I really think there's space in daytime TV for a whole bunch of fun, some amazing music, and some heart.

Everything I do, I put my full heart into. I don't want to be just another actor, another singer, another artist. I want to invent history.

Great artists are people who find the way to be themselves in their art. Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike.