Rakim Quotes

Why would I care what other people are thinking? I don't care what an audience thinks of me.

If you live your life on your own terms, you might find that people actually give you more respect.

I don't give a damn what other people think. It's entirely their own business. I'm not writing for other people.

The first rule of survival is: Make your own rules. The hell anyone thinks about the way you're acting; listen only to yourself.

Bending over backwards does not bring you the love and attention you crave, but having your own life, your own goals and a backbone will.

I'm not trying to keep anybody happy.

I have been very independent from day I arrived in Washington.

No man bosses me around, and no man ever will.

I don't need a man in my life.

I don't pay much attention to career or what other people think. I've always been quite arrogant.

So many people always try to help me carry my luggage and help me do things I can do myself. If I can do it myself, I'm going to do it myself. I'm not going to let other people do it for me, and I think that's a big part of where I came from. I'm not a real prissy girl.

I've always done things my way.

I do my own thing. And I believe what I do is the right thing.

I'm not driven by being understood.

I am my own woman.

No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.

I can't be worrying about what other people think of me. I am my own person, and I have made it this far on my own. This is me - take me or leave me. I don't owe explanations to the rest of the world, only to my family.

I'm nobody's deputy. I am who I am. I'm my own person.

I like being independent; I like doing things myself. I'm an instinctual person.

I'm at peace with myself. The main thing is not letting people dictate what I do or what I am.

I like women who are self-sufficient.

I have always been independent.

I don't have to show anything to anyone. There is nothing to prove.

I was always my own person.

I'm not jealous of anybody, because I'm going to live my life the way I want to live it. I'm not going to be like, 'Oh my God they have this, I want that.'