Teena Marie Quotes

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.

Discover your own style. Don't try to repeat what has already been written - have the courage to do your own thing and don't be afraid to do something different.

I don't follow trends, so I make my own.

The good parts are the people who don't make do. They're the interesting people. Lear doesn't make do.

Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary.

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

I love Lady Gaga. She's not afraid to take risks and be herself.

I really think that being yourself, being original, being outside the box is starting to be appealing to people.

No, because I don't want to hear what's hot and feel I have to copy it. I'll just make up my own thing.

I'm inspired by anyone who's honest in their own expression, people who truly beat to the rhythm of their own drum.

I was always a rebel in the sense that I always wanted to go my own road and do something that nobody else has done.

The most daring thing is to be yourself and to do exactly what you want to do at that point in time and not to be worried with what other people are doing or what's popular.

We can raise our sights high when we're willing to break free from being conformists who live a conventional life simply because we are too afraid to express our uniqueness.

I love when people have their own creative vision, when a person stands out and tries different things.

You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.

The key to me is being different not for the sake of being different, but being the most authentic version of what you do. And definitely it takes a willingness to be different, because there was resistance for me early on, and I feel like that's usually the case when there's a certain paradigm or trend happening, and you step outside of that.

The message is risk, really risk. Be yourself. Create.

Don't try to guess what it is people want and give it to them. Don't ask for a show of hands. Try your best to write what you like, what you think your friends would like and what you think your father would like and then cross your fingers... The most valuable thing you have is your own voice.

Trends are dangerous; you will fail if you design for them. You cannot follow the work of others. I have my own DNA, my own formula. I always stay true to myself and to the brand.

Living courageously in your uniqueness is really important: just being completely yourself. I know that sounds really cliche, but just do what you want to do.

I'm a little insane, and I'm going to be a little different. But hopefully, somewhere in there, in that creative arena, something will emerge that is new and different and unique.

There's not enough people being daring and different. There are a lot of followers in hip-hop.

I dared to be different, I want to inspire others to do the same.

I think people are afraid to be original.

Following the West is not surrendering. Following the West, the best of the West, is following originality.