Anthony Kiedis Quotes

I don't want to be the cliche American Idol dude. I want to be different, you know - that's the whole goal, me and music. It's about being yourself and being unique.

I never tried to sing like anybody else, fortunately I didn't sound like anybody else. It just happened.

It feels good, you know. It feels like you're out there, you know, doin' your own thing, know what I'm sayin'? It's like, people can't really compare it to anything, and that kinda feels good. It opens me up to a lot of different arenas, a lot of different type of situations, you know like Tony Hawk will call. You know what I'm sayin'? I can just image if my songs was about shootin' up, and like sellin' cocaine, I doubt Tony Hawk would be callin' you know?

There probably is a lot of music that no one's ever gonna hear. For anyone doing music, just do exactly what it is that makes you want to do it. If you like listening to odd, strange, bizarre noise and that makes you want to create it, do it. Even if everyone around you tells you it's crap or thinks it won't work, someone out there is going to appreciate it.

I'm not even sure I have a style! All I know for sure is I don't want to look like everyone else.

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 don't want to sound like Ross; I don't want to sound like Puff. I want to make my own music: French Montana.

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

No, because I don't want to hear what's hot and feel I have to copy it. I'll just make up my own thing.

I don't chase what I hear on the radio. I try not to compete with anybody.

Any kind of creativity is not settling down into a happy little space. I don't try to be mellow or anything. I think I have quite... my voice is what it is, no matter what I'm singing, it's always going to sound like me. There's not too far I could go. I sound like myself. I hope that I haven't put any boundaries on anything.

I couldn't imitate anyone if I wanted to.

A musician should only sound like what they do, and no two musicians sound the same. It's an individual-feel thing, you know?

Conventional is not for me. I like things that are uniquely Flo. I like being different.

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

I'm part of the fashion system, but I don't want to follow all the rules. I don't want to be contrarian - I just want to do my own things, which are most honest and correct to do.

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

To me, what makes an artist is a unique personality that they're not afraid to let show.

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.

I don't follow trends. I just do what I like doing.

Don't try to guess what it is people want and give it to them. Don't ask for a show of hands. Try your best to write what you like, what you think your friends would like and what you think your father would like and then cross your fingers... The most valuable thing you have is your own voice.

I don't want to sound like anyone.

You can't say I don't sound like a N.Y. rapper - it's because I don't wanna sound like nobody else.

Music should not be a contest, it should be an individual thing that each band is putting out from within themselves.

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.