Hikaru Nakamura Quotes

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

You can do something no one else can do in a fashion no one else can do it.

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 work is distinct and definitive and specific, and hopefully it is so that every single character is different, and they are - but there's probably an underlying element that's me.

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.

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

I have maintained a low profile throughout my career but have always done things in my own unique way, be it dancing or dressing up. On the dance floor, I had my own unique steps and often had to lead my choreographer.

One thing I like about jazz is that it emphasized doing things differently from what other people were doing.

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

The best thing an actor can bring to a role is himself - that's no secret.

My attitude with covers is, make it your own or else leave it alone.

I like what Dumbfoundead and Awkwafina are doing, but I think I'm just trying to do something different.

For Zlatan to play the way we love him to play, he has to be Zlatan.

You have to add something of yourself to the portrayal.

When I sing, I try to make the song my own and sing it my way because, in my mind, I am not following any school of thought. I just make myself free.

I'm not a guy who likes cliches. I don't think that stereotypes and cliches are the end of the line, when it comes to a performance.

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.

To do something very common, in my own way.

In anything you do, it's important to have your own personality there.

I think talent, especially in acting, is being wholly yourself within the context of yourself.

There are so many funny people and so many talented people, but the one thing nobody else has is my take on the world. So, when I'm developing my show, that's going to be the focus.

Creativity is down the tube. And people give a lot of lip service to individuality. I know they all appreciate it, but they all say they would like to do it, but they don't want to work at it, and it doesn't come out of the sky.

Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run. I like to make people stop and say, 'I've never seen anyone run like that before.' It's more than just a race, it's a style. It's doing something better than anyone else. It's being creative.

You don't have to go out there and fit the mold of what a quarterback is supposed to be. Make your own mold and do the best at each role. If you can run with the best and throw with the best, you can be the best quarterback in your own version of the position.