Ice Cube Quotes

I want to be myself. I want to be as authentic as possible.

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.

I had no idea that being your authentic self could make me as rich as I've become. If I had, I'd have done it a lot earlier.

This is going to sound so cliche, but I believe this through and through: Don't be afraid to be yourself.

The world wants us to be who we truly are, not who we think others want us to be.

The formula of happiness and success is just, being actually yourself, in the most vivid possible way you can.

Enjoy going through life as yourself.

Be yourself. The happiest and most successful people are those who feel the most comfortable with themselves.

Why not be oneself? That is the whole secret of a successful appearance. If one is a greyhound, why try to look like a Pekingese?

Just be your authentic self because there's nothing sexier or more beautiful than that.

I don't want to stand in front of a whole lot of fakeys. If I'm going to meet someone and say hello, I want to feel like I'm really meeting that person, not a masked version. I want to give that to people when they meet me. You don't have to like it. I'm not looking for you to like it; I'm looking to be myself.

I know of nothing more valuable, when it comes to the all-important virtue of authenticity, than simply being who you are.

I think you have to be what you are. Don't try to be somebody else. You have to be yourself at all times.

I don't know if anyone should do anything that's not authentic to them.

Just be authentic and be you.

That's why I like the indies: because I like being who I am. I get to be who I am in the ring, on the microphone, everywhere. It's great. I never have to get out of character because I am Matthew Riddle.

Honestly, you cannot go wrong with being yourself.

To me, being real is being yourself. You know, that's whether you're a pop artist or whatever.

If you're real, you've never got anything to hide away from. You're not trying to fake anything, you're not trying to have this other persona - you're just yourself. And if I could be myself for as long as possible, I will.

I always have to be me.

I cannot be anyone else but Memphis. I tried that, and I was not happy with myself.

I just want to be myself and be real and be funny.

You can't deny who you are, so you might as well be yourself in the most authentic way.

I don't pretend to be anybody else but me.

I am not a fake. I am natural. I am just being Caster. I don't want to be someone I don't want to be. I don't want to be someone people want me to be. I just want to be me. I was born like this. I don't want any changes.