Wyck Godfrey Quotes

I'm a cliche.

I am attracted to anything that does not feel derivative.

I hate anything that seems like something that has been done.

Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others. It leads to sterility.

The problem with dragons is that everyone uses them. All the time. When that happens, they become commonplace. A lot of people think you can just throw them into a story and suddenly whatever you're writing is 28% cooler. But that doesn't work. All that does is make dragons into some boring cliche.

I think trying to be offbeat is the most boring thing possible.

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

The idea of designing something that is like something else is incredibly uninteresting and boring.

The heart and soul of pop is newness, excitement, innovation.

I like something with a really great storyline, characters, and concept. I like doing things that are new and cutting edge.

Artists always try to make something that is going to be relevant and up-to-the-minute.

For me, novelty matters; uniqueness matters.

I wanted to make something very unique, something very different.

Having a set, popular formula does inhibit you.

What gets me excited is the original principle.

You know, people come up with formulas who are uncreative. They can't picture something different so they can only go by something that's laid out for them.

The most successful people are so original.

I always try to be a trend setter. That's what I always tell young people when I'm giving them advice. To go with their heart and don't follow the trends.

I think it's important for me, for my crew and for the audience to bring something new to each show. I have friends who have done the same act, word for word for word, for 20 years. I have a problem with that. I think the audience should see something new in each show.

Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.

Different is better. I get more jobs being different.

At the end of the day, you want to be always the one that's one step ahead of everybody, and when it comes to hip-hop, culture and art, you want to be that signature guy.

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.

I watch people who are not driven by creativity any more, and I think how dull it must be to produce the same kind of thing. If you don't feel you're reaching something new, then don't do it.

I want to be cutting-edge.