Herb Ritts Quotes

At WSX I think I was very much trying to figure it out on my own and we were creating our own style and our own thing. I can only speak for myself, I was not trying to be anything. I was not trying to be like anyone else.

Everybody's opening up their own lane and it just makes you feel O.K. to showcase what you've got.

I found it liberating of necessity to devise my own style and my own tactics and to look for a voice on the instrument because there weren't really any that impacted strongly on me.

I pay for what I call eccentricity and my will to evolve.

I was allowed to wander where I could. Here is a case in which you search for your independence and allow something creative to come out of that.

I always felt like an outsider of the industry, and now I feel quite comfortable as an independent artist.

Individuality' is the key to success.

Don't let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It's your place in the world; it's your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live.

I discovered very early that it wasn't quite enough for me to imitate people.

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.

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone, and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom, for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.

Forget about trying to compete with someone else. Create your own pathway. Create your own new vision.

People tell you the world looks a certain way. Parents tell you how to think. Schools tell you how to think. TV. Religion. And then at a certain point, if you're lucky, you realize you can make up your own mind. Nobody sets the rules but you. You can design your own life.

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.

It's a question of not copying the masters, to look for something, good or bad, for oneself. To enter this liberated state of mind, one cannot copy the others.

That is the true joy of being a solo artist. I can do whatever I want. I can go wherever I want. I can show up with my guitar and my song, and it can sound a hundred different ways. That's the freedom of being on your own. The flipside is: That's you on the cover. If it sucks, it's your fault.

There's no way to describe what I do. It's just me.

My dad let me figure out what I wanted to do on my own.

I got to college and saw all of my friends going to these other schools and thought, 'You know, college is just a blank slate.' And I had an opportunity to go to different schools, but I chose Brown because it was unique and allowed you to be yourself as an individual and like I said, it's a blank slate.

I think I became my own stylist by not knowing any better.

I think it's important to give young people the freedom to follow their ideas and pursue their interests.

I quickly realized I had to have my own style and strategy and find my own way.

I embraced being a pop artist, but I like doing it on my own terms, at my own pace.

To me, searching for perfection isn't anywhere near as interesting as trying to find your own voice.

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.