Jake Arrieta Quotes

I don't chase what I hear on the radio. I try not to compete with anybody.

I always say that I don't like it when people follow trends too much, just because it is on the runway. I think what you wear really does need to reflect what your own personal style is.

One man's style must not be the rule of another's.

I don't really follow trends - I don't like wearing what other people are wearing. I just like to be original!

My goal is to give girls and boys a different idea of expression. It's not always about looking pretty or cute. It's about expressing yourself however that may be, even if that's being silly or goofy or weird.

I'm not even sure I have a style! All I know for sure is I don't want to look like everyone else.

I think that my father would find it so confusing that people want to imitate him. Not because he didn't have confidence in who he was, but because he never imitated anybody. He was his own person.

I have a trend of my own.

I've never really tried to copy anyone; I like to have my own style.

I'm not trying to stay in the same place and I'm not trying to compete with what's currently in fashion. That would be dishonest. But, at the same time, I'm different and the music reflects that to some degree.

You can do anything and be a star. You can dress like however you want, and you can do whatever you want. If you wanna wear meat suits like Lady Gaga, good. She's freaking amazing! She's doing that, and she's unbelievable. I can wear T-shirts and still be great, too. So that's just what I'm proving to people.

When you look like you stepped out of a catalog, that's never good. People shouldn't succumb to trend, they should interpret trend.

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.

Where's your will to be weird?

I always do things that are not the flavour of the season. And that's why people like me.

I think everybody has their own unique style.

I didn't want to look like anyone else - like Janis Joplin or Grace Slick. That's why I never went to any of the big designers.

Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.

I'd hate it if everyone in the world liked me, my music and what I wore. It'd make it boring, and I wouldn't have anything to work towards. It's not to everyone's taste, but I can only be me.

Be not afraid of being called un-fashionable.

I think people should express themselves more and not just buy what's in. While it can be very beautiful, and it may suit you perfectly, I'm sure it doesn't suit everyone in the same way. I like people who express themselves and are more individualistic.

Any kind of creativity is not settling down into a happy little space. I don't try to be mellow or anything. I think I have quite... my voice is what it is, no matter what I'm singing, it's always going to sound like me. There's not too far I could go. I sound like myself. I hope that I haven't put any boundaries on anything.

Labels don't mean anything to me. I'm trying to play as passionately as I'm able to. If they want to call that cool, that's fine. Just spell the name right, is the formula.

Show off your own style and uniqueness to stand out. That's the advice I'd give to people getting started online now.

Conventional is not for me. I like things that are uniquely Flo. I like being different.