Gretchen Parlato Quotes

What I've come up with is that I just need to be me.

I'm undeniably myself, and I think realizing that is the way to live life.

I gotta be who I am now. How do you not, right?

My music just stands for being true to who you are.

It's not like my old self - I'm not in character anymore, I'm me. I'm not hiding behind that anymore.

I'm just going to live my life and be who I am.

I think that more and more there's a sense that the best performances I can give are the ones that are the truest to who I am. The further I move away from who I am, the worse they are.

We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.

You don't want to spend your life explaining yourself.

Do whatever it takes to convey your essential self.

I think a person has to just be herself.

I wanted to become me, totally me. The more me, the better. I instinctively knew this and I was right.

I've fully embraced who I am. I stopped fighting with people and just come to realize, 'This is me. This is all of me.'

When you're true to who you are, amazing things happen.

I'm not interested in trying to work on people's perceptions. I am who I am, and if you don't take the time to learn about that, then your perception is going to be your problem.

I had no idea that being your authentic self could make me as rich as I've become. If I had, I'd have done it a lot earlier.

I want to be more myself. Sometimes it takes awhile to find your voice.

There's no better time than now to be who you are.

I wanted to do things that I knew were going to be me.

I just realized the best way to live your life is to just be you, as cliche as it sounds. I grew up trying to please everyone.

I think I'm just always myself, and I think that's what's most important to me. Just be genuine. Be authentic. Be who you are and who you were meant to be. And celebrate that. Celebrate all of that.

Man, that's all I can do, just be myself.

I just need to be me.

The whole journey of being a wrestler is also a journey of finding yourself and who you are. If it feels natural to you, it's natural to me because I'm just being myself every time I'm out there.

I want to continue to show what I'm all about.