Michael Feinstein Quotes

When I came into this industry, I was never afraid to be myself.

There's no better time than now to be who you are.

You, being yourself, help others be themselves. Because you recognize your own uniqueness you will not need to dominate others, nor cringe before them.

Great things happen when you have the courage to be yourself

I can say I have become far more open about what I believe.

I think that my music is really empowering. I just want people to know - especially young people, but really everyone - that you don't have to be so caught up in what everyone else is thinking. You don't have to be the coolest, most popular person. You can just be you and be vulnerable.

You don't want to spend your life explaining yourself.

I think a person has to just be herself.

I'm crazy. I know I'm crazy 'cause Desmond Tutu told me, and he's very clever. He said, 'You must free yourself, be more of who you are. Be more crazy.' And I'm going to.

For me, embracing my own power is about embracing my right to be an individual.

I had no idea that being your authentic self could make me as rich as I've become. If I had, I'd have done it a lot earlier.

I want to show people that I am comfortable enough to go on national television and just be myself.

I am what I am.

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.

I've come out of myself as a person at Chelsea and expressed myself on and off the pitch.

What I've come up with is that I just need to be me.

Find your voice and don't be afraid to explore it.

I gotta be who I am now. How do you not, right?

I like people who are authentically themselves, and they own it, and most importantly, they own their story.

I agree that I am different from others. I am not trying to fit in someone else's shoes. I am being honest to myself.

You don't have to change who you are for anyone: if you are your regular, authentic, confident self, then you can push to do whatever you want.

Lift your head up high, and scream to the world. I know I am someone, and let the truth unfurl.

I'm finally ready to own my own power, to say, "This is who I am." If you like it, you like it. And if you don't like it, you don't. So watch out; I'm gonna fly.

I just have to be myself, and not worry about everyone looking at me and watching.

I think people should feel encouraged to be themselves.