Raheem DeVaughn Quotes

I wasn't into acting when I was a kid. Maybe because I was shy or it didn't occur to me.

I started making music for fun, but I had two parents who were very much in the business. I didn't run around trying to get the spotlight. I was very shy. I never sang in front of people 'til I was about 17 years old.

I'm a relatively shy person, but I love being challenged and putting myself in positions that are scary.

There's something in us that lives just beyond our normality - and I think we've all got a song in us. If only we could master that tiny muscle and make it sound listenable.

I didn't understand that I could sing until I was like 11 or 12. My mom heard me singing around the house and she said, What are you doing? You really can sing! So then I started going to school and singing to the girls.

I was never pushed into the industry. I was a very shy child. I was not one to perform for friends and family at every get-together.

As I've gotten to know myself over the years, I realised I'm kind of a sweet, sensitive guy, a shy guy, and communication is not something I'm so good at.

As a child, people were always trying to photograph and film me because it's a way for a shy person to find themselves.

I thought it would be really cool to show the world the inner life of someone like me, who doesn't have a huge personality, who deals with some personal demons and is a little bit shy and a little awkward when you first get to know me.

I spent my whole life being very shy and introverted and I kind of found my release and therapy in the gym. I became this big, menacing physical stature of a man but internally I'm still kind of insecure. Warm, fuzzy and gooey.

I didn't overcome my shyness. I am still shy.

I'm a laid-back, shy kinda dude, and it wasn't until when I was 19 that my life kind of changed.

I am shy and self-conscious and awkward, so I think that's why I became a writer.

There's a social element of me that's pretty reserved. High school was when I was starting to come out of my shell because of the theater community.

I kept a lot of my ideas to myself because I honestly thought no one cared. So it was surprising to find out that people did! Now I know that I can do anything, and I want other people to feel the same.

I was a very quiet, shy child. I just became quite talkative in high school, in Grade 10 onwards.

I'm a very shy person and find it difficult to ask for work even if I know somebody for ages.

For me, I just began, eventually, to embrace what I had. This is what I have to deal with and, not just deal with, but this is what I have to share, and how can I do that the best way.

I love to sing and never thought I'd be able to do it, and it happened for me.

When I was younger, I barely talked. I was scared of people. I had to learn how to cultivate that confidence.

I grew a strong passion for music. The more I did the music thing it's like I saw myself going far with it. I believed in myself.

Back in 2011, I was kind of shy. I wasn't as good because that was the year, also, when I started playing basketball.

I never really sang for anyone, apart from in the shower or with my best friend. I was shy. I didn't want to take voice lessons. I knew I could sing, but I just didn't tell anyone.

I'm actually shy and my salvation is coming home and being normal.

My whole life, I thought I sucked. And then I get in here, and I grapple other people, and I'm like, 'I'm actually good.'