Lily Allen Quotes

I know what makes me good, and it's not a bat.

I think that more often than not, people underestimate me.

Never apologise for not being someone else. You're bound to find something you're good at, even if it's only writing stories.

Education does loads of things for girls that won't surprise you at all - it provides self-esteem, teaches important life skills, and offers the kinds of choices a good education can give anyone.

Every bit of me is devoted to love and art. And I aspire to try to be a teacher to my young fans who feel just like I felt when I was younger. I just felt like a freak. I guess what I'm trying to say is I'm trying to liberate them, I want to free them of their fears and make them feel that they can make their own space in the world.

Hip-hop saved my life, man. It's the only thing I've ever been even decent at. I don't know how to do anything else.

One of the biggest gifts you can give a child is confidence, because confidence will take you miles - more than talent, more than anything else. So yes, I want my children to have confidence and to be kind.

I am confident and I work so hard to be confident. If I wasn't talented, then I wouldn't be as confident.

If you can be anything else but a writer, be it.

I don't think of myself as a powerful person.

Everyone has to decide how they're going to appear in their lives, how they're going to put themselves out there to the world.

Having a strong sense of self is fundamental to you, no matter what you're doing. I don't care if you're a stay at home mom raising kids or if you're the CEO of a corporation. It's really important for your survival.

I've been nothing several times. But it's my faith in myself and in my father that comes back to me and makes me get back up off my butt and be something worth being proud of.

You are you, and nobody else can do what you do. But a little talent can help.

You can't base your life off waking up every morning, like, 'What are people saying about me now?' Then I'd never stay in my creative headspace.

I don't think of myself as a powerful woman.

My kids are all conscious that they have to prove themselves for who they are. I'm happy for them to do anything they want as long as it's their passion and they work hard.

What people don't normally know about us is the hustle is very real, and it's sorely driven a lot by how we consider ourselves. We don't pay a whole lot of attention to any type of judgment that we might get from outside people. I think that comes from growing up onstage.

Honestly, I don't think I'm exceptionally pretty or talented. But the advantage I have is that the performances I do can only be done by me.

I have always believed in the ability that I have got.

I believe in my talent - in my quality.

If you don't have faith on your talent, no one else would.

I think people are always going to say things about you or disapprove of your relationships or your ideals or your beliefs or something, but I think you have to stand up and stay strong in who you are and not let it affect you.

Believing in yourself and having confidence gives you outer strength.

My height doesn't matter, as I want to keep playing my natural game.