Karl Lagerfeld Quotes

I wanted to be in control of my own destiny.

Madonna has total control over her life, and not many women have that.

I'm trying to do it my way. For me to be happy in the business means I have to do it myself.

If there was any one achievement, it would be that we've have done it on our own terms.

I don't have anybody telling me what to do.

I am alone, some people help me, but, basically, I can do what I want.

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself.

Now, I simply do what I want.

I'm not alone, I'm free. I no longer have to be a credit, I don't have to be a symbol to anybody; I don't have to be a first to anybody.

Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.

I have always done what I wanted to do.

The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves.

It is surprising to notice that even from the earliest age, man finds the greatest satisfaction in feeling independent. The exalting feeling of being sufficient to oneself comes as a revelation.

I have a fiercely independent spirit.

Everything I've ever achieved, I've done on my terms.

There's no better feeling than being independent and doing for yourself.

Being independent is everything. That's all I know.

Now I do whatever I want.

I'd like to be one of the ones who got out on his own terms.

I'm my own player.

Being independent opens the doors to so many other things for you.

I am a fiercely independent person, and I am no one's pawn.

Empowerment is a word that comes with liberty.

I'm never going to let someone else tell me what I can and can't do.

You don't have to wait for anyone's approval to do things.