Herbie Hancock Quotes

If I'm in a gathering of filmmakers, I'm first and foremost a British Indian; if I'm in a gathering of British Indians, I'm a woman director. There are so many sides to who I am that I change all the time.

I don't have any labels for myself, really. Sometimes, when I am out with my wife, I am just Mr. Thompson. Or at my daughter's school, I'm Gaia's dad. I don't think of myself as Greg Wise, actor.

Just because you're in college, or a university student, that does not mean you're the only thing you are.

So many people define themselves by what they've accomplished or not accomplished.

I have said many times I don't want to be considered one who once flew fighters. That's not who I am. I devoted the subsequent 50 years - more - to writing.

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

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

To my wife, I'm not Herbie Hancock the musician. I'm her husband. When I'm talking to a neighbor, I'm a neighbor. When I vote, I'm a citizen.

I consider myself a human being, a Christian, a father, a husband, so many things, before being a black person.

When work is not going well, it's useful to remember that our identities stretch beyond what is on the business card, that we were people long before we became workers - and will continue to be human once we have put our tools down forever.

My work generally tends to be an all-out, 360-degree subversive take on everything, most of all my own notion of myself as a son, father, husband, human being and male in this culture.

Acting is what I do. It's not what I solely define myself as.

I do consider myself as being French, I suppose.

I've never, ever labeled myself.

How you define yourself is a major issue for young people and adults alike.

I am whatever you say I am; if I wasn't, then why would you say I am.

You don't need to be defined by your job.

Then, at some point, you get identified with certain things.

I think that if I was only known for who I was as a football player and only that, it just would have been a tragedy.

I don't really identify myself as white or African-American. I'm just me. I'm Madison.

I just don't think the title 'MJ's daughter' fits me.

Nobody else can tell you what you are.

I know what my identity is.

I've never thought of myself in terms of an identity. I'm always baffled when I encounter someone who gives the impression about being confident about a particular defined identity.

I want people to understand why I'm not 'P1' or 'P2.'