#copying

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

— John Sebastian

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Being a cover artist is not like being a real artist. That's just copying what someone else did. ↗

— Sebastian Bach

#being #copying #cover #did #else

Every band had their own distinctive sound, but it was pretty much dancing music and rhythmic music with a tremendous emphasis on copying the Cuban models. ↗

— Ruben Blades

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The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another. ↗

— Quentin Crisp

#another #conform #copying #defying #how

When you put something out there into the world, there's all these words you don't want to hear, that you hope people don't say. I don't like anything that starts with 're' - like retro, reinvent, recreate - I hate that. It's always like living in the past - copying, emulating. ↗

— Jack White

#anything #copying #hate #hear #hope

Only reality interests me now and I know I could spend the rest of my life in copying a chair. ↗

— Alberto Giacometti

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It's good Xerox is known for its copying machines, and it's good Jim Carrey is known for comedy. ↗

— Steve Guttenberg

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I basically taught myself how to sing and play by copying records, and that's just how it was for me. I know that's true for a lot of budding musicians out there - that's the thing that gets them inspired, is trying to learn their favorite songs. I think it's a great way to teach yourself. ↗

— Susanna Hoffs

#budding #copying #favorite #gets #great

Similarly, anyone who wishes to understand the mind of the sacred writers must first cleanse his own life, and approach the saints by copying their deeds. ↗

— Athanasius

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