Andra Day Quotes

Growing up, I've always made a point to not be placed in a box.

There are two metaphors for Mario the person and not Mario the footballer. I think I am a man, but I don't believe I need to say it. But I could also be Peter Pan because I do things my own way and I am free. So, yes, maybe I should say that I am Peter Pan - although I am much more of a man.

I must be allowed to be as I am.

I'm going to try to not let anyone put me in a box, and that certainly applies to the things I do outside of acting.

I pride myself on breaking any box that anyone wants to put me in.

I've got to do it my way. I can't compromise and be someone else.

More Than' means refusing to define yourself according to what society dictates, or everyone around you thinks you should do or be.

You don't have to fit into a mold that someone else has defined.

To a certain extent, this tour is a celebration of individuality and that you can invent and reinvent yourself. You should have the power to be able to do that. Sexuality is a part of that. It should release you. It doesn't have to be an issue. It shouldn't box you in.

I want to be remembered as somebody that tried to respect her integrity as an artist and as a person. And I don't want to be in any box. I don't want to be one thing.

You don't have to burn books, you don't have to rebel against teachers to rebel; to rebel is to truly own your own self.

I don't have to be what you want me to be.

I didn't want people to decide what I was going to wear and what I was going to look like and how I should behave.

No One Is Alone by Stephen Sondheim is all about thinking for yourself and being your own person.

I'm totally committed to the cause of individuality. That's the only thing I stand by: independence.

I don't have to play by these rules or do these things... I can actually have my own kind of version.

I have never limited myself by focusing much on being a 'normal' teenager.

I have always lived the way I wanted regardless of whether or not it was popular.

Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person. And to retain this right, you will have to be willing to take the social or external risks involved in ignoring pressures to do things the way others say they should be done

My choices in life have been unconventional, and that's my business. But I do want to live responsibly and truthfully without hiding.

I'm part of a generation that's saying, 'I don't want to do just one thing, and I'm going to do things the way I want.'

I just don't like people to be dictated to. I think you should dress however you want.

I'm not one to be like, 'What is everybody doing? Let me do that!' I just do what I want.

I do what I want. Everybody does what he likes. What is so unique about it?

Adapt to yourself, bro. What I wanna say is don't let nobody tell you that you should stay in your lane, bro.