Fernando Pessoa Quotes

I never liked to be pigeon-holed and I never liked people to think that they know who I am. I like to keep people guessing.

One must renounce the bad taste of wishing to agree with many people.

I'm just who I am. I don't try to change myself for other people.

I like being misunderstood.

My choices in life have been unconventional, and that's my business. But I do want to live responsibly and truthfully without hiding.

Stay true to your own voice, and don't worry about needing to be liked or what anybody else thinks. Keep your eyes on your own paper.

People don't know who I am from my clothes, and they don't need to.

Don't try to be anybody else, because that's what I do. I do me. I'm not trying to impress anybody. I'm not trying to please my pastor at church. I'm not trying to even please my mom, to be honest.

What I would tell everyone is don't lose your sense of individuality.

I've got to do it my way. I can't compromise and be someone else.

I have my own thing going on; I don't want to imitate anyone else.

I’m not going to start churning out what you expect. If you want me to be a manufactured act, you can f*** off.

Be yourself. An original is always worth more than a copy.

Why pretend to be something you're not? If you have to be someone, be someone no one else is.

Everyone is being told by society to talk this way, to dress that way, to be this person or to be that person, and it's so important to just maintain a sense of self.

I'm somebody who doesn't believe in conforming to maybe whatever is on the radio.

I never wanted to be like anyone growing up. It's always been about the enjoyment, and I've just never wanted to imitate anyone.

I have to be true to myself, and that's what I know for sure. I can't try to be anybody else.

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.

I like the freedom America has. In Japan people tend to think too much about others' opinions and how to be like everybody else but to Americans it seems more important to be who you are and find your own way.

I want it to resonate: there's no rule for how to live your life. You can do things your own way.

When I was 16, I was doing what was popular. If I could go back, I would tell myself to not be afraid to be alone and not to follow others so much.

I don't want to sound like anyone.

I'm not trying to be anyone else.