Rachel Dolezal Quotes

I want to be myself. I want to be as authentic as possible.

At the end of the day, you just want to be yourself because people can see when you're not.

I decided a long time ago to be myself and not worry too much about cultivating some kind of personality that didn't feel natural or true to who I am.

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

I've learned that even just as an individual, regardless of who I am, and regardless of who anyone is, to really be true to yourself and your own self expression and really use your voice for that.

In the end, I want to try to be myself.

All I believe in is, you need to be yourself.

If I'm not authentic, I might as well as be dead.

I understand that nobody understands me, but I can't be someone I'm not.

Be your true self. Because if you're not, there are consequences to be paid.

I had everything I'd hoped for, but I wasn't being myself. So I decided to be honest about who I was. It was strange: The people who loved me for being funny suddenly didn't like me for being... me.

That's quite a difficult thing in life, to be who you are. And when you are doing interviews, you kind of feel this need to say something interesting.

I think it's always best to be who you are.

The most important thing you can do as a performer is to be yourself, or be an onstage version of yourself. If you're not being true to yourself, and somebody likes that other version of you, you're kind of stuck.

If you are you, 24 hours a day, then you do not have to remember who you are supposed to be in different situations - something that I imagine could be troublesome.

I felt like I got more comfortable on 'Idol' when I just started being myself and not trying to be what I thought I had to be.

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

But I've really learned you don't have to fit in. No matter where you go, you're always going to be you and if they don't like you for who you are, then what's the point of being someone else?

I'm not hiding who I am anymore - not pretending I'm something I'm not.

Be yourself. I had this three-week period where I wore this straw fedora. I thought it was what chicks wanted. And then it dawned on me that I was trying to be something that I wasn't, so I took the fedora off. So be yourself.

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

Being yourself is the most important element for me, because, if you're trying to be something you're not, the audience will pick up on that.

Remember to always be yourself.

Don't worry about what's cool and what's not cool. Authenticity is what's cool.

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