I don't really want to copy another guitarists style, and I've found the majority of solos and lead melody work is very artist specific. Is there a secret to not sounding like I'm just running up and down scales beyond playing along with jam-tracks for hours and skimming ideas off of music I'm listening to?

Is it a case of grass-is-greener, where when I listen to a riff on a youtube lesson or song I think it's so incredible because I didn't create it, and when I make one up myself it gets mentally categorised as noodling regardless?

Genuinely curious here.