Mstislav Rostropovich Quotes

Write what you think is good, is the whole of the law.

I think being nice and being safe is unfair to yourself when you have big dreams as a woman. I think you have to prepare yourself that not everyone in this world has the same personality... The one thing I've chosen to be great at in my life is singing - so why not be proud that I'm great at it?

Every man should know, if you're comfortable and you like it, you should do it. Everyone always worries about what the girls think, what the guys think. If you like it, do it.

I care what people think, but that doesn't change what I say. I am who I am.

How you present yourself is nobody's business but your own. The stylists have an opinion. The hair people have an opinion. The fans and the management have opinions. Ultimately, you have to trust that you are the safe-keeper of yourself.

I don't ever apologize for who I am because then I let someone else decide who I am.

I can be me, and people seem quite happy with that.

I hope girls read what I say in interviews - they should just be themselves.

Be yourself. Unapologetically.

My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.

The joy of style lies not in how we look to other people, but in how we look to ourselves - and the most memorable and beautiful outfits are simply those that, in some rare moment of joy, we found the courage to share with the world.

If people don't like me for whatever I do, for being me, then that's too bad. I don't want to change to be something that I'm not for other people to like me.

There is only one you for all time. Fearlessly be yourself.

To maintain one's individuality, integrity, and true personality in the theatre is a big task.

As long as I continue to put forth who I am and what I believe, than I think it all balances out.

I think there's so much honor and integrity and beauty in being able to be who you are.

I wasn't afraid to be who I am. I didn't think anything was wrong with it.

Just stick to what you feel you sing best at, no matter what it is.

Until you love yourself, until you really believe that, you're stopped in your tracks. That's why it's so important to wear what you want to wear and be who you want to be.

Never be ashamed of who you are, your story, or how you react to situations. Don't ever be ashamed of how you communicate with people. Don't ever be ashamed of the person you are. Be you.

I want to be myself.

Whether the public like me or not, I am who I am.

I've never gone out and courted favors. I've never gone out to be booed, either. It's just me being myself.

I have read a lot about what I am and who I am: 'mini,' a copy, simply 'more of the same.' Dear delegates, I stand before you as I am and as life made me and I am proud of that.

I firmly believe in standing by what you are. I was never taught to dim my light to pacify other people.