Laura Mvula Quotes

I am going to be myself. To me, that is going to take care of the rest.

I just worry about myself. I'm just gonna be me and do me. If people appreciate it, cool. If not, I'm gonna still be me.

I hope I'm exactly what America is looking for, I don't know, I'm just going to be myself and hope that they love it. That's all I can do.

The best thing I ever did in my life was to ask, 'Do I like everybody?' And the answer was, 'No.' So why should everybody like me? If people are against me, so what? I'm against them too.

Don't change for nobody.

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

Don't worry what people say or what people think. Be yourself.

You can't ever put yourself in a position where someone is requiring you to inhabit somebody else's energy. You have to own your thing, or own it with very fiber of your being.

My main focus is to always try to be myself first, and then, hey, if I wear a cool jacket, that's a bonus.

It's a life's journey of finding ourselves, finding our power, and living for yourself, not for everyone else.

Be yourself. Unapologetically.

With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of a courtesan; it may be so, but I have the heart of a King. I live free, I enjoy myself, I can call myself happy.

I am a strong woman with or without this other person, with or without this job, and with or without these tight pants.

To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.

I'm drawn to the unconventional because I've been drawn unconventionally. I believe that I'm supposed to topple over these false images of what's idealistically beautiful. Because, of course, these intangible qualities are very attractive to women. Sincerity. Sense of humor. Success.

I don't need anyone to validate me.

I'm trying every day, when I meet a new human being, to not have the first thought that comes into my mind be, 'Are they going to like me?' I'm allowed to say, 'I like this, and I don't like that.'

You alone are enough.

I do not live for people, for what they think, for them to say that I'm nice, good, the best, perfect. Everyone has their opinion. And I respect that.

I do not try to play a role. I feel good being myself and saying what I think.

I want to stress to people to be themselves instead of trying to be like others.

My lesson would be to not sell yourself to anybody else and stay true to yourself.

I need to just be Iskra, and I've got to believe in me, or else no one will.

I'm just doing me, and to me, that's what got me this far.

The big message is, you're the star in your own life. You don't have to change; you are who you are. Go and do what you want to do.