Justin Vernon Quotes

Just trying to be different - when I hear something - I don't like to go trampling on other people's sounds.

I don't want ever to be guilty of what my critics claim: doing formula without original elements.

Graphic design is the paradise of individuality, eccentricity, heresy, abnormality, hobbies and humors.

People don't want just vanilla. They want 31 flavors. I couldn't do what Rihanna does. I couldn't do what Gaga does. They can't do what I do.

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

I always had that sense of being censored for the things that I thought. Why is it wrong to embroider your pants, or paint with acrylics on your clothing? Why is that weird? Isn't it weirder to want to be like everyone else?

I love when people have their own creative vision, when a person stands out and tries different things.

I just want to sound different than everyone else. I don't care if it sounds bad. I just want people to be like, 'Yo, that dude Benny was different.' Even if it sounds awful, at least they can't say, 'Oh well, I've heard that before.'

I'm always trying to find something unique or a project that I can do something unique in.

I think we're quite unique in that we do have our own sound and approach and we don't really care what's going on elsewhere... we've never wanted to be part of another trend or movement.

Unless you are unique, your opinion goes out the window.

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

Probably the No. 1 most important thing in my music is not to sound like anyone else. It is hard in this day and age.

The movies I do have to be different in some way. Nothing vanilla will do.

I'm a little insane, and I'm going to be a little different. But hopefully, somewhere in there, in that creative arena, something will emerge that is new and different and unique.

What's the fun in doing conventional things? I would rather be known as someone who is unconventional. I like being unconventional. I like doing things which are different. That's what I like... It gives me a boost as an actor.

I've always wanted to do things different, always wanted to be the person who stands out from the pack.

As an artist, I try not to sound the same as others. Or even as myself.

I feel like I wanted to run differently than everybody else did. And I want to do things that everybody else hasn't done.

I always aspired to do something different.

I don't believe in making two songs similar. Every composition must have its own unique character.

I have to be ahead of myself so I don't just fit into the realm of everybody who sounds like me.

You have to be unique.

Originality is being different from oneself, not others.

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.