Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Quotes

I mean, if I was living to please people, I'd have never been in a band at all. I wouldn't have anything awesome around. I'd just be bored.

What's the point if you make something that's not you, and you're successful? You have to perform it the rest of your life.

My style is all to myself.

During 'Hawthorne', I was constantly trying not to be too outrageous and keep it serious. This has been so refreshing for me because it's such a good outlet for the inner me to just be. That's the whole point of 'Glee' anyways - to just be who you are and that's enough. I really feel that way on set.

I want to continue to be me and share with people.

On the first album I was saying, that's just one part of me. And then I was thinking, well, am I going to hide the rest of me now just because I'm afraid of something? No. I'm just going to be myself.

Living creatively is really important to maintain throughout your life. And living creatively doesn't mean only artistic creativity, although that's part of it. It means being yourself, not just complying with the wishes of other people.

Be yourself. The world worships the original.

The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can.

I take a little bit from everybody and add that to my life to make me, me. I wanna be nobody else but Future. When you look at me, I want you to say, 'Future.' The way I talk, the way I dress, there's nobody in the world but me.

I'd rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate.

I take my craft seriously, of course, but I don't feel the need to always play a certain character or a certain part or persona. I'm not going to cut something out of my life because it's not 'my image.' I want to be open enough that if I love something, I can do it, and it will add to myself as an entertainer.

I'm going to skate exactly the way I want to, create programs that I like, and everything will fall into place where it is supposed to.

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.

A person who is truly authentic doesn't need to play a role in life, we think, but can simply be him - or herself.

I wanna be one of those special guys. Jimi Hendrix wasn't afraid of who he was. That's the part I emulate.

If you think about what everyone else will think, you forget to just make music.

All artists are equal when they are themselves.

I'ma just rap and do me.

In high school, I listened to Lady Gaga and I was really obsessed with just being who you are and owning that experience - she was a really big inspiration in that aspect to me and my friends, who were young and growing up, and making our way through the city and the world.

You can filter certain stuff - it depends what artist you are - but you're never going to be true to yourself if you're worried about what other people think.

I cannot be anyone else but Memphis. I tried that, and I was not happy with myself.

Find your own style, whatever it is. Whatever is inside you, bring that out. I think that's when you have something unique.

For me, the best way to be as an artist is to be completely yourself, letting that vulnerability come through.

If you enjoy and become a fan of Tony Rock, I really appreciate it! But, I do my comedy for me, so I don't try and please everyone or appease anyone. In the end, it's for me.