Don McLean Quotes

I can't change my skin. I won't change my voice. I can't change my confidence.

If I didn't believe in myself as a dancer, I wouldn't choreograph.

My mama told me it's not what they call you - it's what you answer to.

I must be very clear in one thing... Being a pageant girl is not who I am or what defines me.

If you have to change something about you to be in a part, I don't think it's easy to do. You should just pick the part where you can just be yourself.

If I can't be me and be accepted and loved for that, then what's the point?

At some point, the pride has to be a part of the whole day-to-day oeuvre. It's part of who you are and doesn't need to be discussed anymore.

I'm very comfortable as a singer. In fact, I think it's more - I identified my self-esteem, my self more in those ways when I was growing up. I really - it was kind of my calling card as a kid.

I am an actor. I am an artist. I am a daughter. I am a sister. I am a partner. I have a past that some people may not agree with, but it does not define who I am.

I'm definitely responsible for the image that I put out there. But it does become frustrating, because I don't want 'sexy' to be my defining characteristic. I'd love for my ambition and will and intellect and sense of humour to define me as well.

Encouraging young people to believe in themselves and find their own voice whether it's through writing, drama or art is so important in giving young people a sense of self-worth.

MS doesn't define who I am.

If my dancing is a disaster - it doesn't define me as a person.

I am whatever you say I am; if I wasn't, then why would you say I am.

I don't think a name defines the core of who you are.

You are what you love. Not what loves you.

The premise of anything you do - whether it's writing a song or any business - is ultimately that it hinges heavily on your belief in the thing that you're doing and promoting and selling. It's a reflection of who you are in a very deep way.

I view myself as more than a running back.

As I grew in confidence, I was able to come out and say that I'm a musician.

But a sense of - in old-fashioned speak - 'I am OK, I do deserve to be here, I can do what I want to do, I can be myself, I can express myself' is really important as you go into the working world.

I am the person I am. Everybody has to respect that.

When someone tells me that I'm not real, I say to them, 'Well, what about me isn't real?' I have not changed my figure. This is who I am.

All you have to offer as a performer is yourself.

I don't want to be someone else.

I really wanted to be a model when I was little. I loved photography, and I loved being on camera. But I was short and chubby, so I couldn't. Anyway, being an artist is way more interesting than just being a model because it's about you and what you want to be. You're not being treated like a clothes hanger.