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title: "5 Original Artists Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [My idea of covers is that you should never cover a song and do it exactly like the artist because everyone's always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-danzig/my-idea-of-covers-is-that-you-should-never-cover-a-song-and-do-it/)

[Glenn Danzig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-danzig/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f1/glenn-danzig-17851_always_my-idea-of-covers-is-that-you-should-nev_673881.png)

> [“We can never be entirely original, as artists or as people. The genius and vision of those who came before us is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-lave/we-can-never-be-entirely-original-as-artists-or-as-people-the-genius/)

[Jessica Lave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-lave/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84e/jessica-lave-25020_art_we-can-never-be-entirely-original-as-art_1108255.jpg)

> [Thanks to art, instead of seeing one world, our own, we see it multiplied and as many original artists as there are,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcel-proust/thanks-to-art-instead-of-seeing-one-world-our-own-we-see-it/)

[Marcel Proust](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcel-proust/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea5/marcel-proust-114_art_thanks-to-art-instead-of-seeing-one-worl_1496663.jpg)

> [It's not about battling the original artists when I record these songs, it's about paying tribute to them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etta-james/it-s-not-about-battling-the-original-artists-when-i-record-these/)

[Etta James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etta-james/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cb/etta-james-10990_art_it-s-not-about-battling-the-original-art_1752394.jpg)

> [And obviously, when I started out, I had a little bit more curiosity than some, and went seeking out the original artists,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elvis-costello/and-obviously-when-i-started-out-i-had-a-little-bit-more-curiosity/)

[Elvis Costello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elvis-costello/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/049/elvis-costello-1931_art_and-obviously-when-i-started-out-i-had-a_2831842.jpg)

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