Jeff Beck Quotes

It's very difficult to be original.

Originality is, for me, the most important quality in a script.

It's no fun for me to cover a song and produce it the exact same way as it already exists. When I hear that happening, I have to say, 'What's the point?'

You have to be as original as possible. It's a tough thing to come up with something totally original.

I never wanted the temptation to imitate or emulate something that had been done beforehand.

Originality is only variation.

I admire anyone who can come up with something original. But not originality alone, because there can be originality in stupidity, with no musical description of any emotion or any beauty the man has seen, or any kind of life he has lived.

Originality is the only thing that counts. But the originator uses material and ideas that occur round him and pass through him. And out of his experience comes the original creation.

The world is forever babbling of originality; but there never yet was an original man, in the sense intended by the world; the first man himself--who according to the Rabbins was also the first author--not being an original; the only original author being God.

Every film has to be the next something else; originality isn't celebrated because you can't market it.

We call ourselves creators and we just copy.

I don't want ever to be guilty of what my critics claim: doing formula without original elements.

The minute you succumb to outside pressure, you cease to be creative.

There are no original ideas. There are only original people.

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

When you put something out there into the world, there's all these words you don't want to hear, that you hope people don't say. I don't like anything that starts with 're' - like retro, reinvent, recreate - I hate that. It's always like living in the past - copying, emulating.

If it feels like we're re-creating something rather than creating something, we don't do it.

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.

I've worked with people who wanted to be creative every day: it was like a goal to arrive with something very special. Sometimes it's just disturbing, because special is good when it's needed. But when it's not needed, it's confusing, and you go away from the authenticity by a strong desire to be unique and singular.

The magic to our show and, I think, any successful show, be it on the radio or TV, is every person being true to themselves.

I think it's been obvious from the beginning that my projects are not going to be something that people already have in mind. You can't be thinking about such things when you create something.

I don't want to be trending. Instead of pursuing ideas of being more radio-friendly and... commercial, I want to go harder at being more creative.

It's hard to find things that haven't been said before or drawn before, but I'm trying.

I wouldn't disrespect myself or my art with any imitations.

If you're going to be an artist, you need to be an original.