Dorothea Lange Quotes

I've never viewed myself as 'just' a musician or singer.

I've never thought of myself as just an actor.

You can feel I am whatever you want to feel I am. God knows who I am, and I know who I am.

I don't think of myself as a leader. I am, but I don't think of myself that way. I'm not trying to belittle what I do, but I think of myself as a dancer first. I'll always be a dancer.

Living up to an image that you have of yourself or that other people have of you is inauthentic living.

And identity is funny being yourself is funny as you are never yourself to yourself except as you remember yourself and then of course you do not believe yourself.

Am I a fruitcake? I don't know. Perception is reality, so if I sit here and say, "I'm not a fruitcake, I'm a lemon cake," it doesn't matter. What you see me as in your world is what I am; it doesn't matter what I am - do you know what I mean? To me, I know what my real problems are - and they're certainly not about cake. And that's just the way it is.

I'm not always what I think I am, but I am what I think.

We are not what other people say we are. We are who we know ourselves to be, and we are what we love. That's okay.

I'm always shocked when I see myself because I don't recognize myself.

At some point, the pride has to be a part of the whole day-to-day oeuvre. It's part of who you are and doesn't need to be discussed anymore.

I consider myself a musician.

I have always felt that I am the sum total of my parts.

Defining yourself by your taste is easier than defining yourself by any genuine stance on something.

I'm probably one of the most dangerous men in the world if I want to be. But I never wanted to be anything but me.

I didn't want to have to deal with having any moniker or separation between the self that I see and know myself as.

There's a discrepancy between what you think you are and what other people think you are.

It seems that different people have an idea of what I am, and what I should be. And then there's me.

I've realized that Evanescence is who I am.

What you believe about who you are, where you came from, affects your whole worldview.

Ego is to the true self what a flashlight is to a spotlight.

But people who do not know me are surprised to see me as a real person I guess.

I try not to define myself. Other people are going to do that for you anyway.

I've always been very conscious of who I am.

I don't think you should categorize yourself as an artist.