Hudson Leick Quotes

Prior to being bullied, I was a very footloose sixth-grader. You know, I was quirky, I was creative - I really felt good in my own body. And when I was bullied in seventh grade, my self-esteem tanked.

I was made fun of a lot in high school because of the way I sound and the way I was.

I paid for my name a lot when I was growing up because other kids teased me.

In school I was always the funny-looking, tall, skinny kid that got made fun of because of my weird teeth.

That young man that I was in 1988 - I was insecure. Besides making good music, I wanted to be cool; I wanted to be accepted and stuff.

If anything, we should feel sorry for the people who want us to feel bad about ourselves, because they are the ones struggling for approval. In middle school, bullies tortured other kids because they thought it would make people like them more.

I used to make fun of the kids in school who acted or went to dance class.

We're all just trying to fit in and find ourselves, particularly when we're growing up.

I wish my 15-year-old self had known about my allure to the opposite sex!

I used to be more self-conscious about style because when you're younger, you want to exist, you want to show everything you do.

When I was younger, the pressure was just being cool. I never thought of myself as a cool guy. I always thought of myself as more of the goofy guy.

Sarfati. That's my real last name. I don't use it a lot because I got 'Lea So-fatty,' 'Lea So-farty' at school.

My first three years of high school, I wasn't that cool.

I was a total dork in high school.

When you're a kid, you don't want to be teased.

I remember dealing with bullies in high school and being put down because I was different.

I was actually always really self-conscious about my gap. In middle school, this group of girls were always trying to beat me up - they called my gap a parking lot. It was a really awkward time.

People called me sharktooth, Dracula. I got made fun of so much cause I couldn't afford braces.

I am not a beauty queen, and I was not the popular girl in high school.

When I was growing up, man, I didn't know myself. I was striving for respect. Trying to be cool for the girls. I wasn't the biggest dude and I'm a nice guy.

When you're younger, you really care who your fans are.

I got called Scarface at school.

I think I was a pretty normal kid. I wasn't the prom queen, but I wasn't a freak, either.

I remember being in high school and this guy saying to me, 'You'd actually be good-looking if you didn't joke around so much.' That affected me, and so I stopped joking around, and I stopped being a goof because I thought people would like me better.

As I got into high school I sort of came into my own and gained some confidence and, luckily, wasn't really bullied by others.