Mac DeMarco Quotes

Some people like you, some people don't. In the end you just have to be yourself.

It doesn't matter if people perceive me as being a little strange. I think overall, even when I am on stage, when people see me, I am setting an example.

One of my mantras is, 'Embrace what makes you unique, even if it makes others uncomfortable.' I keep that with me in my back pocket. Shoot, I keep it in my front pocket! I keep it in my hair.

I think I'm pretty confident, and I know I'm different than everyone else, so I'm going to do what's me.

When I came into this industry, I was never afraid to be myself.

I am who I am. I'm unique. I'm my own self.

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.

There's nothing wrong with being yourself.

And the bottom line is we are who we are-we look a certain way, we talk a certain way, we walk a certain way. I strut because I’m a supermodel, and sometimes I gallop for fun. When we learn to accept that, other people learn to accept us. So be who you really are. Embrace who you are. Literally. Hug yourself. Accept who you are. Unless you’re a serial killer.

Be yourself, let you come through.

We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.

I've come more to terms with the fact that I sound like myself. No matter what I do, I sound like myself.

I'm just who I am. I don't try to change myself for other people.

It can be frightening to turn your back on what others think is right. But I'm not the same as a lot of people - I'm quite artistic and quite eccentric sometimes. If you honour that, you fit into yourself better - and people accept you for what you are.

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.

Books are not brands. Some people are very willing to see themselves as a brand, but you can't be a certain type of writer to a certain type of person all the time. It will kill you.

I'm sure I was a great disappointment to many women because I wasn't Errol Flynn. But I'm me. I think that's got some merit.

You don't want to be too cool. But you don't want to be too dorky. Still, I find it so much better to see a guy at a club being a dork, and having fun, than trying to be sexy.

Don't try to be like me. Try to be like yourself. Try to be very good at being yourself.

Look at Scottish guys wearing kilts - you could look at them and laugh, but the way they carry themselves, how can you? You can wear some of the weirdest things and be cool. If you believe in it, that's what makes it cool.

I don't use a hat as a prop. I use it as a part of me.

I think it's important to have your own individual style and sense of self. It's kind of what I do.

Really rejoice in being yourself. Have your own drumbeat.

I always tried so hard to fit in, and then I figured out that I didn't want to fit.

If I were but a man who would be tall, I would be me.