Fiona Apple Quotes

I don't allow people's outlook on me dictate what I do in my life and how I live my life.

I decided I would never let anyone decide who I was.

No one is going to tell me I'm too small to do whatever, to do anything. That's not up to them, and I'll never give anyone that power to say that.

I don't make demands. I don't tell you how it should be. I'll give you options, and it's up to you to select or throw 'em away. That should be the headline: If you're insecure, don't call.

I enjoy making the decisions.

All I'm gonna do is just go on and do what I feel.

If you are confident in yourself and however you want yourself to be presented, and you're doing well and doing it because you want to do it and not because someone is pressuring you, then more power to you.

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who'll decide where to go.

To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.

I'm in control of the positions that I allow myself to be in.

Know your power.

I have made the choices that work best for me. I know I cannot please everyone, and that's fine.

What people have thought of me, of the turns that I've taken, has never really played into my decisions.

I don't like this terminology that you have no choice. You always have a choice.

We try to teach women how to be strong, how to believe in themselves, how to make themselves happy, as opposed to pleasing someone else first.

I believe in empowering people rather than advising them and forcing them in a direction which I feel is right.

Independence is doing what you want to do, knowing that you're happy with the decisions you're making and that it's the best for you.

Others do not define you - you define yourself through your words and actions.

Exercising choice is a good thing.

You're not a kid any more. You have the right to choose your own life. You can start again. If you want a cat, all you have to do is choose a life in which you can have a cat. It's simple. It's your right.

No matter what the situation, remind yourself "I have a choice."

The biggest privilege I've had in my life is being able to make a choice. If you make a choice, it can't be a wrong choice because it seemed like a good idea at the time.

Up to now I've done everything I've wanted to do the way I wanted to do myself.

Self-actualized people are independent of the good opinion of others.

I didn't want people to decide what I was going to wear and what I was going to look like and how I should behave.