Tulisa Quotes

We're all weirdos, and people want to work so hard to fit into society, but it's like, no matter what you do, you're never going to be what society depicts as what's perfect, because that's not real. The only point that you have to make is that 'I'm being me.'

I don't want to be seen in a way where all I can do is what people expect of me.

I'm just trying to be myself. I'm not trying to be anyone else.

The hardest thing about being in this business is just being able to be yourself. People act like there's this one set of rules to follow to be a pop star and I think, 'Well, you say I'm a pop star, so maybe that's not true.'

I'd love to live in Ireland but I'd like to live as me, not what someone thinks I am. People don't understand - I lived there before I was famous.

I think pop culture underestimates people. The message is, 'Being yourself is the worst thing you could possibly be.' But people are still attracted to it.

When I was younger, I felt very much like, 'Oh, I have to be a certain way, I have to look a certain way.' You really, really don't. That's the way women are treated differently than men. I mean, I've had actors argue with me about this.

I like to be human and not lose myself in becoming a mannequin, which people in showbiz are accused of.

There's more pressure to be famous for being yourself than if you're being a character.

I know that many people kill off their real personality just to fit into this society, but why do we have to compromise? I never understood that. I decided to try to be myself and to live by my own values rather than those of others.

I've never looked at myself and said that I need to be a certain way to be around a certain sort of people. I've always wanted to stay true to myself, and I've managed to do that. People have to accept that.

Sometimes you want to dress a certain way... that doesn't always reflect your pedigree.

The easiest thing to be in the world is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don't let them put you in that position.

I feel like when I try to fit in, it comes across as not genuine, and that is not good. I'd rather just do me and have people say, 'Oh. That's interesting,' than try to fit in.

I refuse to put make-up on just because the paparazzi are on my doorstep. I find it morally wrong.

You get to an age where you get tired of hiding behind whatever people think is correct.

I think you have to be what you are. Don't try to be somebody else. You have to be yourself at all times.

A lot of people go through life trying to perform normalcy, and I think you can relate to that.

I don't think it is important to be a role model, because if you are a role model, you are pretending to be someone else.

If I try and be something I am not, if I try and be cool, and I am not, I am a boring white man in a suit. Usually a pin-striped suit.

I've tried not to get too bogged down by what people want you to be.

I don't know if anyone should do anything that's not authentic to them.

I just want a lady who can be themselves, it's not a cookie cutter criteria that a woman should fall under.

People aren't allowed to be themselves in snooker.

I think that was my biggest fear - censoring myself and putting myself into a cookie cutter to be representative. But I think what I realised is we don't need that.