Nina Hagen Quotes

I never allowed other people's expectations to determine whatever course I took. I had to reach a decision about what I was going to do based on what I felt inside myself.

I don't listen to people's opinions. I have people around me who I can trust, but most of all I listen to myself.

Sticking to your values, listening to your instincts, making your own choices is so important.

I'm getting rid of this idea that you want people to like you. I'm making decisions on what feels right to me. To act in a more carnal way. That's my challenge.

Everyone who means well gives advice based on his or her perception. I have realized that while it's important to hear the suggestions, one should only listen to oneself.

Trusting your gut is always the best thing - no matter what people around you insist you should be doing or saying or thinking. Only you know and once you live in truth, your heart is completely free.

I've learned that while I'd be a fool not to stay open to the advice and experiences of the smart, amazing people in my life, I also need to listen to what I have to say.

You always knows what's best for you.

You've got to listen to yourself, do what you think is best. Because if you listen to the critics, you might be going in all different directions.

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

No one can give you better advice than yourself.

Seek always for the answer within. Be not influenced by those around you, by their thoughts or their words.

I don't think anyone knows as much about what's right for me as I do.

Let me listen to me and not to them.

You've got to take the road you need to take, and only you can make that calculation. Not your dad, not your friend. You have to take it if you feel it instinctively.

My biggest mentor is myself, I've always felt.

Don't take advice. You have to make up your own mind what to do from the beginning.

Follow your heart, and don't be subservient to anyone. Shut out the world, and only listen to your heart to fulfill your dreams.

I don't think I have ever taken any 'offbeat' advice. Actually, I don't know I take any advice very often. I trust my own instincts and seek out information so I can make fully informed decisions. That's what's worked for me.

I'd rather believe in my own choice and see it all go wrong than do something I'm not fully convinced of and later feel guilty about it.

I think I have enough of a sense to know what works for me and what doesn't, without going into some big thing and analyzing what I do. I'm in a position that allows me to do what I want to do, and I do it.

I hope that the message I conveyed in 'Julie of the Wolves' is to tell young people to think things out. Think independently.

When we consistently suppress and distrust our intuitive knowingness, looking instead for authority, validation, and approval from others, we give our personal power away.

Trust your gut. You know yourself, so don't let somebody else tell you who you are.