Lena Horne Quotes

As for relationships, I know nothing. I'm an idiot; I can't get it right.

I'm sorry I can't speak very coherently.

I am not sultry. I don't know what I am.

I was angry and frustrated when I was younger and didn't know my place in the world.

I've been writing songs since I was a teenager, so one kind of song I've written a lot is about, I don't know, teen angst feelings - feeling unsure of yourself and immature.

I don't know how to be a friend. I don't know how to be anything.

I think I get misinterpreted and misunderstood a lot.

Emotionally, I feel mostly out-of-depth, like I will never quite learn how to be what I should be. And that makes me feel pretty vulnerable a lot of the time.

Anyone who has problems, or worries, anyone who laughs and cries, anyone who feels can write. It's only talking on paper... talking about the things that matter to us.

I don't like talking about myself and I don't like talking about the work.

I love playing strong feisty women, I really do, but if you were to ask my husband he'd probably say that I'm very insecure. And actually incredibly malleable, which isn't necessarily a good thing.

I've come to realize that the more I censor myself, the less people relate to me.

Even though I was manically overachieving and involved in everything, I still never felt like I belonged. That's definitely affected my whole life and why I wanted to become an actor and tell people stories, because communication and feeling like you belong is such an integral part of our social fabric.

I'm just not used to talking that much about myself. It feels strange.

I'm a shy person. I don't know if it's in my DNA to share with the world.

If you ask me to play myself, I will not know what to do. I do not know who or what I am.

What is my message? That is what troubles me. I have not got a message.

When you were on stage, you could be absolutely open about your emotions and indulge them and express yourself in a way that - in real life - I wasn't doing.

I kind of keep my personality in my pocket a lot. When I start to do stand-up, that's not my true personality either. It's the personality of a guy who hasn't been able to say what he wanted to say.

If I told people that I knew what I was doing, nobody would believe me, so why even try and fake it?

I rant, therefore I am.

I am so used to being able to express myself from being an actor. So when people don't understand me, I'm just completely lost.

I think I think I am Superwoman sometimes but I am not.

It's no sin to admit that you feel vulnerable and lost.

I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.