Christopher Moore Quotes

We won't be different for different's sake. Different is easy... make it pink and fluffy! Better is harder. Making something different often has a marketing and corporate agenda.

Quality. That's the key. Everything I do, I want it to have that stamp that people like Jay Z, for instance, have on all the things they touch.

I don't think there's a good or wrong way of broadcasting. The more unique you are, the more opportunities you're going to get.

I came out with sounds that didn't sound like the usual hip-hop beat. I took that chance because no one would identify with me if I sound like somebody who's already out.

It might be bold to put your work into the world unadorned, but it's probably ineffective.

The biggest misconception people have is that quality is all that matters. The truth is that quality helps, but there's a ton of high-quality things that don't go anywhere.

Don't ever try and be like anybody else and don't be afraid to take risks.

Anytime I shoot a video, I just think of anything I can do to set myself apart from everybody in the music industry.

You don't just become number one because you sing like everybody else. There is something different you bring to the table. Make sure you are constantly getting into the newest technologies. Learn the history of what you do, and always respect the ones who came before you.

But now I realize that this record business really needs me. No one else is trying to take a chance or do something different.

My name is out there right now. I'm creative and innovative. I should capitalize on it.

The more you work, the more people can see that you're something different from what's come before.

The smart way to build a literary career is you create an identifiable product, then reliably produce that product so people know what they are going to get. That's the smart way to build a career, but not the fun way. Maybe you can think about being less successful and happier. That's an option, too.

I find that the very things that I get criticized for, which is usually being different and just doing my own thing and just being original, is the very thing that's making me successful.

There are so many voices on YouTube, and there are incredible creators that are popular for a reason. And although it's great to be inspired by them, nobody is going to subscribe to a second-rate version of them. It's really important to put your best foot forward and be your best self because you will always be the number one version of you.

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

If you want success, be unique.

You just do the things that you love and see if other people can like them too.

There's a way of playing safe, there's a way of using tricks and there's the way I like to play which is dangerously where you're going to take a chance on making mistakes in order to create something you haven't created before.

I think you can have moderate success by copying something else, but if you really want to knock it out of the park, you have to do something different and take chances.

In advertising, not to be different is virtual suicide.

You can't be different for different's sake, and this doesn't always work, but you have to separate yourself from the normal read. Of course, it has to be truthful. If it's not truthful, don't waste your time.

You want people to buy you as just about anything. So if they think that you're one thing, it's hard to slip into, you know, all these other things.

If you build a better mousetrap, regardless of your marketing budget, the world will beat its own path to your door.

Don't do anyone else's version of a hit song - it's gonna sound terrible. You just have to do what you do well and crank it up to 11.