Novala Takemoto Quotes

I must be allowed to be as I am.

In our society, no one dares to be themselves.

I want people to get from 'Pariah' that it's okay to be you and not to check a box as a parent or child.

I've always done everything at my disposal to avoid labeling what I do, or to avoid being labeled myself.

I think pop culture underestimates people. The message is, 'Being yourself is the worst thing you could possibly be.' But people are still attracted to it.

I don't want to live up to how people expect me to be.

I don't like defining myself. I just am.

I do not want to work to correspond to an image.

Life is very, very short, and you can choose to live it how you want. You can choose to dumb yourself down and not express yourself just so you can fit in, just so people won't dislike you.

We should give people the freedom to express who they are.

If I don't belong because of what I think and because of my opinions, then so be it. What can one do about it? One can't bend over backwards or pretend to be someone else just to belong. And in any case, it doesn't work. Once you no longer belong, it's over.

People try to tell me like that, 'Oh, you shouldn't be proud,' or, 'You're not this,' or, 'You aren't that,' or whatever the hell. I'm just kinda here to say, like, who is anybody else to tell me who I am or what I've gone through or what I haven't gone through?

I don't want to be seen in a way where all I can do is what people expect of me.

People will always try to change you. They will always want you to be who they want you to be. That's fine because I'll always be exactly who I want to be.

I want to be myself.

I am not interested in changing who I am to fit someone else's idea of what a category should be or look like.

The trouble with this world is that everybody has to compromise and conform.

Don't change for nobody.

People relate to the spirit of the band, which is to live your way and succeed on your own terms. There's no hypocrisy in being successful and still railing against conformity.

I'm like, 'Yeah, I could afford braces, but why should I change myself to be what everybody else wants me to be when I'm OK with who I am and I'm happy with who I am?'

I think one of the most important things I can give my children is the right to be themselves.

I have an aversion to being mislabeled. Here's a label I'd accept: I'm an 'individual.' I'm someone who can't follow, and doesn't want to lead.

I have the freedom to take chances, to say no. I have the freedom to be who I really want to be, rather than have to conform to this or that just to stay alive.

If you let society and your peers define who you are, you're the less for it.

I don't have to be what you want me to be.