Yolanda Adams Quotes

When the whole point of Queen was to be original.

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.

Groups like The Mountain Brothers just have to keep on doing what they're doing - just make it dope and just make it different. And not try to compete with other people of color.

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.

When I look back, some of the greatest people in the history of the world have created things where paths have never been with such resiliency.

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.

I am not trying to be the next anyone - I am going to be the first Dolph Ziggler!

Don't be a blueprint. Be an original.

The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique.

You've gotta be original, because if you're like someone else, what do they need you for?

Every band I've worked with also wants to be countercultural in the sense that they want to feel that they've gone somewhere that nobody else has been.

Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.

I'm into emulation, not imitation.

It doesn't really matter to me what the rest of country is doing. I'm not caught up in trying to make a record that sounds like everybody else. That, to me, is a record label's absolute biggest downfall.

You should learn from your competitor, but never copy. Copy and you die.

When I teach seminars, I tell people, 'Your stuff has to look like something that's out there, because otherwise nobody will take a chance on you.'

Just trying to be different - when I hear something - I don't like to go trampling on other people's sounds.

If you want success, be unique.

Anyone who creates something new or does something different artistically is going to be singled out.

When something works for you or another brand, ask yourself, 'Why?' Then don't copy it but think about what you can do that's unique to you and better.

The best imitation in the world is not half as good as a poor original.

I don't want to go out there and do something 3,000 other people can do.

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.

You don't want to just do 'me too' companies that are copying what others are doing.

You can't put yourself into competition with a magazine like 'Vogue.' You have to create something new, something different.