Amanda Seales Quotes

I wanna be more like the Rihanna kind of, Beyonce kind of thing, but I don't want to compare myself to anybody, because I wanna be somebody new, too.

I just want to inspire people to be different.

It's hard work to find your own voice and not to copycat anything.

I feel like it's important, especially at young age, to find exactly what it is that makes your style so important as opposed to just trying to fit into the iconic styles of performers out there.

We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you're doing so.

The only thing I really recommend, if you're starting out in stand-up is to not try to copy anybody else. You can be influenced by people. I was influenced by Steve Martin and Bob Newhart and Woody Allen, but I never tried to be someone else. I always tried to be myself. And the reason people are successful is they're unique.

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

I think the key to great art and great artists is to just fully be yourself and not be scared of that, and be the extremes of your personality. Show the extremes of your personality and embrace the imperfections. Embrace the things about yourself that you might not like.

There are many teachers who could ruin you. Before you know it you could be a pale copy of this teacher or that teacher. You have to evolve on your own.

Find your voice and inspire others to find theirs.

You can't be all of the people you're influenced by, so you make your own filter and create your own beautiful, unique thing in the world. Soak up the world, man, and make something of your own.

To be a true artist, I have to be true to who I am now and write that way.

I never said to be like me, I say to be like you and make a difference.

Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open.

When someone comes along and expresses him or herself as freely as they think, people flock to it. They enjoy it.

The great man who gives a true transcript of his mind fascinates and instructs. Most writers suppress individuality. They wish to please the public.

Don't imitate. Write what you know about, that has to be your goal.

To me, searching for perfection isn't anywhere near as interesting as trying to find your own voice.

My father's music was influential. My place is my place. I must be myself and who I am.

People always ask me who my role models are and who I want to be like, and I don't wanna be like anybody; I wanna be me. I look up to a lot of people, and they have had great influences on me, but I wanna be original and different.

Sometimes you find your voice by trying to write like people, and sometimes you find it by trying to write unlike people.

Be like Sasha Fierce. Be like Miley Cyrus. Be like Rihanna. Be like Lady Gaga. Be like Rita Ora and Sia. Be like Madonna. I cannot be like them, except to the extent that they are already being like me.

You can't ever create defensively. You just have to create the next thing that really speaks to you.

I don't feel I have to be Jackson Browne. Still, I like to say something.

The more you see somebody else's version of something, the harder it is to make it your own.