Cameron Britton Quotes

I may play the same songs night to night, but I never play them the same way.

Originality is only variation.

If you've done a brilliant version it becomes something else.

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.

I think that all my albums are different enough where I don't feel like I did this the last time.

The businessman says 'If I don't do it first, somebody else will.' The artist says 'If I don't do it first, nobody else will.'

Basically, everything I try to do is to present an alternative to what somebody else is doing.

In art, theories are as useful as a doctor's prescription; one must be sick to believe them.

Generally what I produce is new. Of course, they are often variations on the same subject.

I do what I love, thank God. I get to make music and get inspiration through Judaism. I can see why people might be surprised, because it's not been done before. It's certainly not typical. People are always trying to wrap head their around it. But it's probably simpler than everyone thinks.

No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music.

The art of interpretation is not to play what is written.

I wanted to make my sophomore film as different as possible. I didn't want to be pigeonholed. I didn't want to be identifiable.

I always say that I'm at my best when there's no example of what the character is supposed to be. I thrive when there's not much and I have to create it.

I think you can't repeat beats. If you're doing something in one book, you can't do the exact same thing in another book.

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?'

Who wants to see the same play again? I certainly don't want to write the same play again and again.

I fear becoming formulaic. Some of my books are.

It's better if a singer disconnects from the original and brings something new to the version.

If it feels like you're aiming for something too familiar, and you're not having a primary new experience, then what's the point of making that movie? It's been done before, so try to find something new out of it.

As an artist, I try not to sound the same as others. Or even as myself.

I don't believe in making two songs similar. Every composition must have its own unique character.

Creators, makers of the new, can never become obsolete, for in the arts there is no correct answer. The story of discoverers could be told in simple chronological order, since the latest science replaces what went before. But the arts are another story- a story of infinite addition. We must find order in the random flexings of the imagination.

There may never be anything new to say, but there is always a new way to say it, and since, in art, the way of saying a thing becomes a part of what is said, every work of art is unique and requires fresh attention.

As an aspiring artist, you should strive for originality of vision. Have something to say and a fresh way of saying it. No story is worth the writing, no picture worth the making, if it’s not the work of the imagination.