It’s a lot harder to copy someone than you might think.
You can try, but the end product ends up having at least a little bit of you in it too.
It’s easy to mimic, hard to copy.
A great artist knows that they can’t help but put their spin on what they’re copying or stealing…thereby adding to it and making it a new thing…thereby feeling the freedom to ‘copy’ i.e. mimic whenever and whoever they want.
So that song that you listened to today that you really want to copy, do it.