Flying Lotus Quotes

I want to be my own artist and reflect my creativity.. I don't want to be turned into a pop princess; that's not who I am.

I feel like the point of being an artist is to have your own voice: to do it the way you would do it and not the way anyone else would do it. If you're a strong enough writer, then that voice is going to come out all the time, and I can't stop it from coming out, no matter what I do.

I think that, as artists, all we can do is be who we are. I think that if we do that, then we're automatically not anyone else.

It does not matter how badly you paint so long as you don't paint badly like other people.

My job is to just express something that I want to express. And if I'm ahead or behind the curve, that's for others to decide.

I'm not really married to the craft of jazz - I'm married to me, and my style, and whatever I produce.

As a self-published author, you have the choice. Embrace the power to create a book that is truly yours. Don't be a whiner or a copycat.

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

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

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

I know, people have had different things to say about Marvel, about how creatively free they are or not free they are, but for me, the rule has always just been stay as good as I can possibly be, and stay one step ahead of the curve, and stay unique, and stay myself. And they seem to like that.

My art and my creativities were totally something that was of my own heart and mind. I could never let anybody dictate to me what I should write and how I would write it.

All artists are equal when they are themselves.

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.

The moment you start thinking about what other people and other artists think, you're going to start writing like other people.

I got my own sound in Atlanta because I don't listen to anybody's music. When you listen to people's music, you start to say stuff they say as an artist because that's what you've been listening to. Me, I don't listen to anybody. I support, but I don't listen, because I don't want to run with someone style. I do my own thing.

I don't try to copy anybody - I mean, I'm not trying to become another Sinatra. I merely sing the way I speak.

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

I wanted people to understand that I have my own music, and I didn't want to sing other people's songs at shows.

I'm happy that I don't have to do covers anymore, because that's not what I do.

I'm just trying to be myself - make music how I make music.

When directors tell me they want a song like one, I tell them no song should be like another. I don't listen to directors.

I've always wanted to keep my own personal creative space, and do everything myself.

There's nobody like The B-52s. But doing stuff on my own, I can also express more personal songs.

Sheryl Crow. I loved her 'Tuesday Night Music Club.' She expressed her own point of view, and she wasn't trying to be like anyone else, and I loved that. That's been the thinking of all my favorite artists.