Roisin Murphy Quotes

There's a difference between being a poseur and being someone who's so emotionally challenged they're kind of just doing their best to show you what they've got.

If your character doesn't express himself or doesn't feel confident expressing himself, then you don't express yourself.

At the Brooklyn Ethical Culture School, we learned to express ourselves, and I've been expressing myself ever since.

Over and over again, I'm trying to express or communicate these big and small struggles to the world, and really to myself.

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

I think the day that I become comfortable doing interviews and going on talk shows is the day that I don't know what it is to be a human being anymore.

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.

There's my personal life, my sensitive side, and then me as a performer, sexy and energised and fun.

But for everyone, I think, there is always a pressure to conform, and I guess as you get older you realize it's less interesting to do that. It starts with you, though, saying, 'I know what I like doing and that's what I'm going to do.'

If you express yourself too much, you're considered weak.

I think it's an okay thing to express yourself.

For what is a man, what has he got? If not himself, then he has naught. To say the things he truly feels, and not the words of one who kneels.

Even within the last three or four years, I have a greater ability to communicate, I think. I have more courage to show the stuff... And it does take courage.

The desire for self-expression afflicts people when they feel there is something of themselves which is not getting through to the outside world.

I've learned not to hide behind a veil of irony - to talk about my work in a more honest way.

I write from my soul. This is the reason that critics don't hurt me, because it is me. If it was not me, if I was pretending to be someone else, then this could unbalance my world, but I know who I am.

I think if you have any fear or shame, it's really hard to want to express yourself.

I'm a very open person, and I am not ashamed of it being out there. It's part of life.

I say it's easier to write for other people than write for myself.

I think it's good to be a little more fearless in saying what you feel. In not being scared of the repercussions of that.

Interestingly, I matured as a musician and as an artist before I matured as a man. What I mean by that is, I was ready to be completely vulnerable and honest with myself and unapologetic when it comes to how I express myself in my medium. But I wasn't as secure in doing that when it came to just being myself.

Growing up, I wasn't as comfortable expressing myself as I am now, and I think that's why I chose acting: because it's acceptable to have your feelings. It's a place that they want you to feel. Whereas in life, growing up, it was 'Be quiet!' and 'Keep it to yourself.'

I think comedy I've learned is really just about relaxing and trusting yourself and allowing yourself to fail.

That's quite a difficult thing in life, to be who you are. And when you are doing interviews, you kind of feel this need to say something interesting.

Being a leader for me is about having the courage to speak the truth, and live the truth, despite attempts to silence our thoughts, feelings, and past experiences.