Leif Garrett Quotes

You cannot be worrying about what other people think. You have to be sure that what you do is what you love to do, because if you love it, maybe another hundred thousand people might love it, too. Some other people might not like it, but it doesn't matter, because you have to express what you want to express. You only live once.

You just do the things that you love and see if other people can like them too.

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.

Create, and be true to yourself, and depend only on your own good taste.

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

Some of the projects we've proposed over the years have been refused. But we never do other people's ideas; our ideas come out of our two hearts and our two heads.

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

I always try to be a trend setter. That's what I always tell young people when I'm giving them advice. To go with their heart and don't follow the trends.

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

I'm not a manufactured artist. Nobody taught me how to be a proper artist.

The word 'courage,' one of my favorite words, the root or the etymology of that word is 'cour,' which means heart. I think true courage is actually following your heart and not getting or succumbing to what other people's definition of what your life should be. Live your life.

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

I don't think you can create effectively toward expectation. I'm not in the service business.

It doesn't matter what people say or what the rules say or what you're supposed to do, you go after what's in your heart.

It doesn't really matter to me what the rest of country is doing. I'm not caught up in trying to make a record that sounds like everybody else. That, to me, is a record label's absolute biggest downfall.

I couldn't imitate anyone if I wanted to.

Don't ever write just for a trend or fad, because it's a moving target, and by the time you get your work out there, the trend or fad is gone. Dig deep; don't be afraid to write fiercely. Expose your heart.

The fact that I have been successful merely means that I can write and illustrate in my own way.

Art requires neither complaisance nor politeness; nothing but faith, faith and freedom.

A lot of very popular mainstream artists are products of record companies and marketing companies, and any time anyone can stand outside of that, that's interesting.

Take everything you know. Take your whole selves. Be inclusive. Be open. Make history in the infinite ways that your heart takes you.

Don't accept what's out there because that is all that's out there. Look for the new and unusual. Seek out what you genuinely want to read and don't settle.

I wrote my own verses. Anything I did, I wrote myself.

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.