Julien Baker Quotes

If I can tell my story, and help anybody else in the interim, then that's icing on the cake.

I want the power that comes from expressing myself creatively and putting something back into the world. Being someone's muse would be flattering, but it could get old fast.

I write for whoever needs to read it.

We have all these ideas and visions, and they're able to come to life, and our voices are being heard, which is really amazing.

What I would love, instead of being a role model, is being someone of inspiration.

I simply share ideas I believe in with people around me.

I want to be a voice people listen to and feel good or sad or whatever.

I love the power of music and artistry and feel a responsibility having a platform to preach good things.

As long as what you do reaches out to people, I don't think there's any reason to stop yourself from doing anything.

Writing and giving voice to what I am feeling makes me happy. And supporting people in finding their voice, passion, outrage and resistance. There is nothing better than that.

Once you've found your own voice, the choice to expand your influence, to increase your contribution, is the choice to inspire others to find their voice.

We stand on our songs and we stand on the songs that we wrote for other people. That gives us a higher platform.

Thinking good thoughts is not enough, doing good deeds is not enough, seeing others follow your good examples is enough.

I look at tennis as a bit of a platform to hopefully touch lives and encourage people.

It's important to be informed but I also think it's important to be inspired. I'm creating a space where people can be inspired.

The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment.

People just want to watch people live their authentic lives and share the good and the bad. You can have fun and be a positive influence and have a good impact. And it can still be entertaining.

I turned everybody on so, psychologically, I guess I was pushing the boundaries creativity.

If you throw the pebble in the pond and the rings start circulating that much wider, you've done things and created things for people that they didn't think they'd ever be able to do. That excites me.

I'm very proud of my roles. I enjoy the ability to touch millions of people and, in some way, connect with them in ways that I cannot connect with them in my normal, everyday life.

I want to move people.

I hope to inspire people, influence people.

I don't know whether I inspire anything in anyone.

Find your voice and inspire others to find theirs.

I'm not trying to steer people in a direction. I'm just trying to move them. Wherever it takes them, it doesn't matter to me. I just want them to be moved in one way or another, and that's a hard thing to do, I think.