Sasheer Zamata Quotes

Very few artists are as independent as I am mentally, physically, spiritually and technically. I sit in my home studio and record things by myself. I don't need to get anybody's approval or validation.

I didn't come to Hollywood to be subservient to anyone else's vision.

No one else has ever opened doors for me. I opened them myself.

I think it is important to let your kids have independence and ownership. Let your kids do what they have a passion for.

You make you work for yourself. It's the feeling of, 'If nobody ever saw it, that'd be fine, too.'

I've been wanting to produce for some time because I want to have more creative control over the things that I do and not be victim to the whims of other people's desires.

I always knew that I would have to make it on my own somehow.

You just have to do your own thing, no matter what anyone says. It's your life.

I think that's important for all ages, to not be afraid of being an individual. I grew up on my own, as an only child, so early on I think I was quite capable of making decisions by myself and being an individual.

The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual.

I don't have any influences, any heroes, it's just me.

All I'm gonna do is just go on and do what I feel.

I don't need a critic to tell me I'm an actor. I make my own way. Nobody's my boss. Nobody's ever been my boss.

I think it's a mistake to ever look for hope outside of one's self.

My primary lesson, however, was that I'm a solo writer, happiest when I'm making all the executive decisions. I've always been willing to rise or fall on my own merits.

One of mom's greatest acts of generosity was that she trained me to be defiant. Her great gift to me was encouraging me to be the person that I wanted to be, not the one that she and my father wished I was.

It's important for me to be free and know I'm acting for myself. I do things because I want to, and that's important. You want to be your own person.

My life is proof that I don't need you to do what I do. If there's no one to see it, I'll watch it.

I'm not driven by being understood.

I didn't want to be that artist that is successful as a result of someone else. Not that that's wrong, but I felt like I had what it took. I really believed I could do it on my own, so I wanted to try, at least.

No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.

I have great friends around me that are positive and I think that's the key to life is making your own path. Set your own rules because there is no set rule, there is no set look, there is no set anything. You make your own rules in your life. You make your own decisions.

That's my actual payment, the fact that I can actually make something that I actually enjoy and put on repeat, and it's not related to anything else or anyone else's thoughts and ideas, it all came from me; I just love that aspect of it.

I don't work to any commissions. I do what I want to do.

I like being independent; I like doing things myself. I'm an instinctual person.