Lauren Alaina Quotes

My clothes don't make one a different person, just more of oneself.

I felt like I got more comfortable on 'Idol' when I just started being myself and not trying to be what I thought I had to be.

Whipping your hair means not being afraid to be yourself.

I'm not hiding who I am anymore - not pretending I'm something I'm not.

I am who I am. I don't try to be something I'm not.

I get that I can come across as a show-off, but that is part of who I am.

I want to be myself.

Too many girls try to imitate others and don't think about what makes them unique. The best part of a girl is what makes her who she is as an individual.

I know how I look like. I know how I sound. I know how I walk. I'm just gonna be me. I do me, and you do you.

The way I move, the way I think, the way I handle myself - it might be by accident, but it's who I am, and I've just learned to own that.

I know who I am, and I know my story, and the things that I talk about are authentic and real, and I always say this: I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I'm not.

I wanted to show everyone that I can be... romantic one day. I can be sexy the other day. I can be crazy. I can be serious. I can be boss. I can be feminist, and I still don't lose my way to be, you know?

Be yourself, no matter what they say.

Let your light shine today, and let your personality blossom, too. You don't have to be a people-pleaser, just a people-lover.

I've spent a lot of time self-reflecting. Especially as an actor, you have to know yourself really well in order to do things effectively. And when I dress, I dress for me. I don't dress to make other people think that I'm this way or that way.

People keep asking me if I am having more fun, being blonde, but I always have fun! Whether I'm blonde, redhead, or brunette! I always have fun.

The ideas I'm working with are ideas I'm committed to. I don't know how to soft-shoe them. I don't know how to make them more palpable. I just never knew how to be one of those girls. I wish I knew how to be that sometimes, but I don't know how to be that way.

I always felt different as a kid, and the Kinks were like, 'Yeah, we're the Kinks.' Celebrate your difference; don't be afraid of your sense of humor, or your personality, or who you are. It emboldened me.

I write from my soul. This is the reason that critics don't hurt me, because it is me. If it was not me, if I was pretending to be someone else, then this could unbalance my world, but I know who I am.

I leave it to my audience. If I had another face, do you think I would wear this one?

It's important to show that there's different ways of doing things. Some people like to be glamorous, and that's perfectly fine, and that's amazing. If I were that style, then I would do that. I'd wear heels every day, and I'd strut around in a dress, but that's not me.

I've grown up very much living my life very visibly. I've never really hidden who I am.

Hiding, secrets, and not being able to be yourself is one of the worst things ever for a person. It gives you low self-esteem. You never get to reach that peak in your life. You should always be able to be yourself and be proud of yourself.

I will always do R. Kelly - I'm not perfect, but I'm perfectly me.

There's something beautiful in being who you are and being comfortable with whatever your voice is.