Do not be a copy and develop the merits of others
I used to imitate some readers in their recitations, and I mean a voice, and I used to hear some people say, “His voice is a copy of so-and-so and a copy of so-and-so,” and despite my love for that reciter’s voice, I hated being another copy, and I invented a voice for myself. New and in a different way, so I was very happy with this, and until this moment, whenever I saw an imitator of a reader’s voice and saw that he could create his own voice, I told him my story. We love all readers and adore their voices, but if we want to be readers or singers, we must invent a special way for ourselves, and not be another copy, as we have Copies abound.
From the book Life Skills by Ibrahim Al-Shamlan
