St. Vincent Quotes

I just keep working on things I like, and hope for the best. I hope people enjoy them.

I don't ever assume that people are going to love or appreciate what I do. It would be great. I don't assume that they're not going to. I just am like, 'I'm going to do my absolute best at everything I do, and I'm going to put it out with pride and hope people enjoy it.'

Everything I do, I feel is genius. Whether it is or it isn't.

I think that, to be an artist, you have to have a big enough ego to believe that people out in the world want to see what you think is a good idea. And if you don't have that sense of ego, then the minute that idea goes into the world, self-doubt kicks in.

You need a big ego to be an artist.

I'm always gonna be all over my CD the most, of course. My talent is my talent. I ain't really tripping off no ego; I just like to make good music with good people.

Someone very important once told me, 'You can make almost everything look great.' That's the best compliment I have received till date.

Your name is a funny thing. It stands for what you're about, and everything I do is really about pride.

Who cares if somebody dances better? Doing my very best is rewarding internally.

After all these years I had the privilege of naming my private part, cause we have nicknames. So I named my private part pride... it's not much but at least I have my pride.

As an artist you have to have a certain amount of arrogance.

I've never not been proud of the work I was doing; I have nothing I have any shame about.

One thing about creativity is, when you feel confident and respected, you're more likely to pitch more interesting stuff because you're not as precious with it. You feel like, 'This is going to land, and I'm going to be supported in this.'

It's lovely to be considered pretty and lovely to do photo shoots, and I just love fashion. But I'm proud that I did the characters I wanted to do.

We're just going to be ourselves, and we're just going to cross our fingers and hope that people like it. Because that's all you can do.

If you feel good about yourself, there's nothing wrong with showing your stuff.

You have to be unapologetically yourself. Once I was able to be proud of myself, it came across in my music really clearly.

I think the most effective coaching for youth is to encourage them to try things, to be unique and be different.

It's happy and secure people who the are most creative.

It is all about quality of life and being proud of what I do. I need me to be me.

Don't be afraid to show off who you are.

Write something beautiful and honest and that makes you very proud.

I hate pride, but if I were going to be proud of anything it would have to be something I'd done myself. Race pride is kind of stupid.

I am proud of having done what I've done. Very proud.

The best way to survive life is - never fret over what you don't get. There's a bigger plan for you.