Shreya Ghoshal Quotes

You just get out there and be what you want to be. That's part of evolving and part of staying true to yourself - part of remaining alive in a real authentic, long-term sense creatively: not listening to what other people tell you to be.

I don't have any influences, any heroes, it's just me.

I'm going to be true to what I want to do, because if I care what people think about me, I'm a puppet. Which I have been in my life. And you can't live life that way, man!

I love people that willfully defy what you're supposed to be and create their own definition of their selves.

I'm going to skate exactly the way I want to, create programs that I like, and everything will fall into place where it is supposed to.

People often ask me, 'How do you go about choosing who to feature on Into The Gloss?' And I've never had a great answer. Ultimately, I think the #1 thing that draws me to someone is their sense of freedom.

In the era we came up in, you had to have your own thing.

I think it is important to let your kids have independence and ownership. Let your kids do what they have a passion for.

Very few artists are as independent as I am mentally, physically, spiritually and technically. I sit in my home studio and record things by myself. I don't need to get anybody's approval or validation.

My parents were quite liberal with us, always encouraging us to be our own person and be creative.

I try to please myself. I don't try to anticipate what people want to see.

To the extent that independent means you're willing to attempt to put your own ideas, personality, and commitment to the material on screen, then of course I hope I'm independent until the day I die.

I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want.

I don't care what other people think any more about me writing my own parts.

I must create a system or be enslaved by another mans; I will not reason and compare: my business is to create.

I always feel like I want to do my career my own way.

Be yourself, take control of your life.

It's strange: I've done so many things up until I did 'Obvious Child,' including writing children's books and making 'Marcel the Shell.' To me, the through-line is incredibly clear: it all comes from wanting to be connected to my own inner voice and not wanting to be on somebody else's agenda if that means that I can't be myself.

Always take your own path. And do what feels right for you.

At WSX I think I was very much trying to figure it out on my own and we were creating our own style and our own thing. I can only speak for myself, I was not trying to be anything. I was not trying to be like anyone else.

Living courageously in your uniqueness is really important: just being completely yourself. I know that sounds really cliche, but just do what you want to do.

My advice for young people is to just be yourself. There's no pressure. Do what you want to do. And if you want to do something, then go after it and make it happen.

I always wanted to beat my own path.

With all due respect to Coach O'Brien and Coach Godsey, I've told them I'm going to be me.

I don't see myself in competition with anyone, I am in my own space; I don't follow anyone, though I appreciate good work always.