Alicia Keys Quotes

I'm not trying to be someone I'm not.

I don't have to carry myself as anybody that I'm not, and people picked up on it.

You just can't be someone else all the time; you just have to be you sometimes.

I am not trying to give an image of a fairytale, perfect, everything else, I am just being myself.

I think as long as you wear your imperfections on your sleeve, people respect it more.

I'm not on the stage going, 'Look at me! I'm amazing!' I accept my vulnerability, don't pretend I'm something I'm not. I don't want to come across as fake.

I am an open book, and I'm fine being me: I'm not a perfect person.

The more I like me, the less I want to pretend to be other people.

I'm not trying to be something I ain't. That's right. I'm me.

You can't respect yourself if you're afraid to be who you are.

This is me. Take it or leave it.

I am not good at first or second impressions, and you have to spend some time with me to know me. Also, I don't want to put my best foot forward and prove something, as that is not me. I would rather be me and have you like me for who I am, instead of being someone else.

This is who I am. I'm not perfect. I don't want to try to be perfect.

I just like talking, and I'm really truthful. Sometimes things come out of my mouth, and I think, 'Maybe I shouldn't have said that,' but at the end of the day, I am who I am! When I'm not acting, I'm going to be fully Hayley Hasselhoff, and that's what you're going to get. And I enjoy that.

I think everyone is most confident when they are just being themselves and not trying to impress others.

I'll never try to put on a fake image. I'm just Zac.

I don't have to put on a front. If I had to, it would be difficult and tiring.

However I am is however I am. When you see me onstage or in the press, there's not a lot of thought and calculation that goes into it.

I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved who I am not. Even if you're not accepted, at least you are still yourself.

I always try to be true to who I am and just be myself.

I want to be judged by who I am, not what I am. I mean, I am Johnny Weir. Judge me the way you see me, love me the way you see me, hate me the way you see me.

Remember to always be yourself.

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.

I feel like my only safety is in being totally true to myself.

When I do things that don't feel pure or make any moves that I don't feel like represent me or who I am, it makes me feel like I wanna throw up. So I just do me, and I guess people just take that how they do.