Beverly Sills Quotes

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

And I think I have a distinct voice.

I think it's good to do your own thing and want to be different, and not look like everyone else.

My biggest challenge in my career is not looking or sounding like anybody.

Don’t try to be anybody else because that’s what makes you not swaggy.

I'm a smart enough person to know that I don't want everyone to be cookie-cutter versions of the nine guys who wear Converse sneakers.

The essence of a sound style is that it cannot be reduced to rules-that it is a living and breathing thing with something of the devilish in it-that it fits its proprietor tightly yet ever so loosely, as his skin fits him. It is, in fact, quite as seriously an integral part of him as that skin is. . . . In brief, a style is always the outward and visible symbol of a man, and cannot be anything else.

I don't rap like nobody, I don't try to sound like nobody.

I don't aspire to be like other drivers - I aspire to be unique in my own way.

The biggest compliment I get is that I don't sound like anybody else. I think I value that as the highest compliment.

My style is all to myself.

I couldn't imitate anyone if I wanted to.

Show off your own style and uniqueness to stand out. That's the advice I'd give to people getting started online now.

Personal style isn't simply an exercise in parroting but rather an exhibition for our own stories - from the gait of our walk to the rhythm of our speech to the manner in which the necktie falls from the knot.

I take a little bit from everybody and add that to my life to make me, me. I wanna be nobody else but Future. When you look at me, I want you to say, 'Future.' The way I talk, the way I dress, there's nobody in the world but me.

I've always been into looking different.

I don't think I have a signature.

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 have an original voice. It may not be the best voice, but it's distinct, and I think that's what has carried me through the years.

People in the beauty community don't like copycats, so I think it's important to stay true to who you are and people will stay your customer.

I don't want to sound like anyone.

There have been comparisons but I don't want to be compared with anyone. I want to be myself, with my own style and identity.

I just wanted to be different; I didn't wanna sound like anybody else.

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

I can simply tell you that since I was a kid, I didn't like to look like anyone else.