Laura Mvula Quotes

I love the confidence that makeup gives me.

I finally learned to love myself by dressing up as Geri Halliwell.

I'm able to go out there, and I'm really able to be, like, unabashedly myself. And I want somebody who's young, who's struggling, who's not sure if it's OK if they are themselves to know that it's OK.

Be bold, be brave enough to be your true self.

The 40s onwards are when we can really begin to enjoy ourselves. For many women, this is when everything comes together, and they look better than ever. The great thing about getting older is you don't have to do/wear/say anything you don't want to. It wasn't until my very late 30s that I stopped worrying about what other people thought.

I love who I am. I love what I've become.

I just want girls to realize, everybody's born a way for a reason, and you are who you are. You should just be yourself at all times. The only way you're going to get through life, happily, is being yourself.

Really rejoice in being yourself. Have your own drumbeat.

I love who I am.

My hair is a safety net for me, so I love to have it down and full and relaxed.

I have been wearing black, which was a reaction to the Ginger thing. But now I have hopes and I can be anything. Tomorrow I might be naked with a feather boa, who knows?

Whipping your hair means not being afraid to be yourself.

I never in a million years thought I would be the person to go to for self-esteem; that was not my intent. But I happen to love beauty, I love the way people look, and I love making women look beautiful.

I love who I am, and I encourage other people to love and embrace who they are. But it definitely wasn't easy - it took me a while.

It's all about, no matter where you come from, that you can be who you want to be and achieve what you want to achieve. I want people to learn to love who they are. Because that's the hardest thing in life, being able to see yourself the way other people see you.

I truly believe that the privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.

I'm clearly doing what I want. I hope kids can see my act and feel like they can be slightly more comfortable in their own skin because I'm being so ridiculously comfortable in mine. I'm not that comfortable in my skin the moment I walk offstage. But I try to project that while I'm on it.

I love seeing a young woman embrace who she is.

Every time I dance, I'm trying to prove myself to myself.

You have to be unapologetically yourself. Once I was able to be proud of myself, it came across in my music really clearly.

I'm confident in who I am, and I'm not doing anything wrong. I'm just being myself: being comfortable with my body, comfortable with my sound, and I'm figuring out who I am.

Beauty is the lowest common denominator: I don't care what they say - every girl, every woman, wants to feel pretty and empowered and beautiful, within their own definition of beautiful. I love fashion, I love shopping, but I love beauty more because I love the science of it.

I haven't received any pressure to be anything other than myself, and for that, I am so grateful.

What if everything I thought was wrong with me was actually right with me? You have to have the courage to show who you are to the world.

There is a beauty and a special quality in being what I am. I know it, and I've learned how to use it.