Elizabeth Berg Quotes

Music is just kind of an expression of who I am. It's what I do.

I used to be so afraid to say what I really think.

Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor.

Go for broke with what you believe and what you think is funny and what you're good at.

Just stick to what you feel you sing best at, no matter what it is.

Any real piece of writing is an act of courage.

Never stop. Never stop fighting. Never stop dreaming. And don’t be afraid of wearing your heart on your sleeve - in declaring the films that you love, the films that you want to make, the life that you’ve had, and the lives you can help reflect in cinema. For myself, for a long time… maybe I felt inauthentic or something, I felt like my voice wasn’t worth hearing, and I think everyone’s voice is worth hearing. So if you’ve got something to say, say it from the rooftops.

Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes.

The essential thing is to WANT to sing. This then is a song. I am singing.

I think it's good to be a little more fearless in saying what you feel. In not being scared of the repercussions of that.

Singing your own songs is all about individual expression.

You can play a shoestring if you're sincere.

For myself, for a long time... maybe I felt inauthentic or something, I felt like my voice wasn't worth hearing, and I think everyone's voice is worth hearing. So if you've got something to say, say it from the rooftops.

In my personal life, I have always been bold, from the clothes I wear to how I talk. For me, boldness does not necessarily mean stripping. I think people have wrong notion about boldness. For me, bold is being different.

You must be willing to risk everything to really express it all.

Genius is talent set on fire by courage.

Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you.

I love to sing. It's the easiest thing for me to do.

At first, I was scared to show fear because you can never be sure how people will perceive you. But I dared myself to do that, to stand out. Now I'll talk about being beaten up or robbed or making a stupid decision because of a girl or whatever.

I am trying to be a girl who is real and has an opinion. Might say stupid things but not scared of men, and for me that's important.

The older I get, the more I understand that the only way to say valuable things is to lose your fear of being correct.

My father once said something very shrewd about me to a woman journalist who had told him how courageous she thought I was for always speaking my mind. My father said, 'If you couldn't care less what anyone says about you, then it's not courage.'

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.

We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.

I love singing and performing. I'm always singing. Even if I'm at school or in the car, I'm always singing. My mom said ever since I could talk, I was singing.