Katey Sagal Quotes

I grew up thinking that singing was my security.

We all need a firm sense of identity.

Encouraging young people to believe in themselves and find their own voice whether it's through writing, drama or art is so important in giving young people a sense of self-worth.

I know who I am by now. And I am my own brand.

I always was really confident about myself, about my voice, myself as a person, my body, all of those things, but as a songwriter - I just didn't identify as a songwriter at all.

Tennis helped give me an identity and made me feel like somebody.

As I grew in confidence, I was able to come out and say that I'm a musician.

I'm proud to be one. I feel a lot stronger, a lot sexier and I think that all of that is reflected in my music.

I think people should feel encouraged to be themselves.

Everything you think about yourself, everything you believe about yourself, is because you learned it.

I sang with a voice that was natural, and I liked the way I produced that sound. I thought of my other friends, that they were singing and dancing, but they didn't have this. I was special.

I just am who I am.

I am what I do, and that's partly why I don't want to give up singing. But when I can't sing well, I will.

It's not hard to keep up the image we chose. It's not hard to stay yourselves.

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

There was a point - when I was a kid - where I said I wanted to be like Luke Skywalker, with blond hair and blue eyes. My mom right there told me to never be ashamed of who I am.

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

My hair was so much a part of my personality and all my photo shoots. I hid behind my hair. And then, I just decided I was okay with myself. To have short hair and really show my face is even more revealing than anything. It's a statement - not to everyone else, more to myself. I'm just ready to get out from behind my hair and be myself.

My acting gives me my self-worth.

Whatever your image is, it's probably not you, but it affords you the freedom to live up to it.

What do I see when I look in the mirror? One handsome man. No, I see the same person I have seen for the last 27 years: the person I believed I could be when I was a child, the person I have inspired and dreamed to be all my life, and that's the person I have seen, from being that big to as big as the roof - the same guy.

I've never thought of myself as just an actor.

I've got some stories to tell, and acting was a way I could express myself and not feel stupid. I fell in love with that.

Getting up and having the courage to share with people, all people, and even just being asked to sing, first of all, that's all part of how I express my identity.

Quite often, I will do something and think, 'Oh, no, she looks a little too much like me.' I have tried to learn not to be afraid of that when that happens. I am not trying to obliterate myself and completely hide within the images like I used to.