A Quote by Stefflon Don
I don't want to sound like anyone.
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The R.E.M and Nirvana successes don't mean much to me except as a potential distraction for bands who want to cash in on the trend. Don't try to sound like someone else. R.E.M and Nirvana don't sound like anyone else.
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I have a lot of creative control, so I can decide what I want to wear, what I want my brand to look like, what I want my songs to sound like, so I don't sound like some fake artist that people can't relate to.
I don't want to sound like Ross; I don't want to sound like Puff. I want to make my own music: French Montana.
I don't want to sound like anyone else, I wanted to be in my own creative space and find this river of melody myself.
I made that a point when I was creating my sound from the beginning, I didn't want to sound like anybody. Once I kind of found my own sound, I mastered it.
When we sit in meditation and hear a sound, we think, 'Oh, that sound's bothering me.' If we see it like this, we suffer. But if we investigate a little deeper, we see that the sound is simply sound. If we understand like this, then there's nothing more to it. We leave it be. The sound is just sound, why should you go and grab it? You see that actually it was you who went out and disturbed the sound.
When I say to a parent, "read to a child", I don't want it to sound like medicine. I want it to sound like chocolate.
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I like to change and switch it up. I don't want to sound like anybody else or sound the same. I always have to reinvent myself.
I don't feel I'm in competition with anyone. My sense is of it being like school: I don't want to beat anyone but I don't want to get left behind. That's a great motivator. I like impressing my friends.
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