Dean Ambrose Quotes

In other words, musicians know that going back to the Spoonful, what we were doing was not copying.

Our influences are who we are. It's rare that anything is an absolutely pure vision; even Daniel Johnston sounds like the Beatles. And that's the problem with the bands I'm always asked about, the ones derivative of the early Seattle sound. They don't dilute their influences enough.

I didn't want to be one of the Beach Boys or one of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah band. I mean, we appreciated that music. But I didn't want to grow a beard to look like Roy Wood just because I liked him.

You can’t learn your craft by copying me or anyone else. I hope what I do can do is in some way inspire others but I would be appalled if I thought my work was being studied as ‘the right way to do the job’. My way is just one of an infinite number of ways to do the job.

Go and see what others have produced, but never copy anything except nature. You would be trying to enter into a temperament that is not yours and nothing that you would do would have any character.

I tell poets that when a line just floats into your head, don't pay attention 'cause it probably has floated into somebody else's head.

I have my own style that happens to be different from everyone else in Hollywood. My inspiration is me.

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

I don't try to make the guitar sound like the harpsichord or lute. That makes you end up being like a bad copy.

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.

The downside of videos is that it will put my vision in front of other people, so they might not get the chance to create their own.

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

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.

Every top player has his own style, just as every painter has his own personal signature.

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

I try to steal something from the great singers. Of course, I don't want to imitate their sound, but I try to do a sort of compromise.

I never wanted to be like other blues singers. I might like hearing them play, but I've never wanted to be anyone other than myself. There are a few people that I've wished I could play like, but when I tried, it didn't work.

There were times in my career when I would try to write songs like Bob Dylan... Artists get hooked up in that. To be a follower, you lose.

What I've learned is that it's okay to take from heroes, such as Debussy, but it has to be filtered through my own personality so that ultimately it's me.

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.

The reason I put make-up on or wear the costume is to try and find my own style. It's like my guitar style - I'm just trying to be an original artist.

Composers shouldn't think too much - it interferes with their plagiarism.

I am attracted to anything that does not feel derivative.

I have many musical inspirations, but I would really love to just be me. My very own artist.

I was never so directly inspired by fashion. It always came from somewhere else.