Nick Cannon Quotes

I don't need to be a frontman all the time, and in fact, the older I get, the less of an urge it is inside me to play that role. I've still got it inside me, and I do occasionally allow it out.

The older you get, the more yourself you can be and the less worried you are about what other people think.

I want to be able to deliver the kind of show that I want - to go onstage with my chin held up.

Self-awareness is a character trait that's horrible to have if you're a performer. I think that a lot of these performers that we see get up on stage and play music, there's a sense of them truly not caring how they're coming across. They are just themselves. I look up to a lot of people who are like that.

When I got to 40, I was happy. Now I can wear what I like, listen to what I like, don't have to try and be cool. I'm someone's dad and it doesn't matter any more. That's an enormous freedom.

When I first got into the league, I tried to fit in. Now I don't care.

Ultimately, you have to not worry about people thinking you should have played him differently. You're the one playing the part so it has to be yours.

I love acting because it's empowering. It empowers me.

I have to live authentically at all times. And that's part of what makes me an artist. I'm not scared to do that.

I think I'm a bit less inhibited, and not thinking too much before speaking. It's not about being shameful, I'm just a bit more unabashedly myself because of this thing, and it probably started at age 15. I can be around people and say what I think without fear.

I always try to be myself. Ever since I was an introverted kid, I'd get on stage and be able to break out of my shell.

For your own self-respect and sanity, your creative freedom, you have to be careful that you don't rely too much on other people's opinions of what you do because it can stunt and inhibit you.

By age seven, I used to comb my hair for performances, just pull my hair up into a bun. Granted, it wasn't a very intricate hairstyle. Still, to be that responsible and disciplined at age seven is unusual.

The older I get, the more I'm starting to believe in myself.

I found at an early age the times when I learned the most about myself was when I got thrown out there on a stage in front of a microphone when you didn't really want to be out there, where you're kind of afraid.

I realize as I get older that stand-up is a huge part of who I am. I think I'll do it for the rest of my life.

I want everything to be an honest extension of me. What better way than me talking? It's a direct connection with everyone. With film and television, you make great projects, but stand-up is the thing that is completely yours.

There is a shy side to me that evaporates when I play on stage, and I like that. I think it's another facet of my character, and I need to do that.

As I grew in confidence, I was able to come out and say that I'm a musician.

Whenever I go onstage or in front of a camera, I always want to pour my soul out because I know I have a lot to offer.

I want to say things on stage that I wouldn't have the guts to say in conversation.

I love people who go on stage and blossom like a weird flower.

There are some beautiful things about people like Katy Perry, who are bold enough to go up on a pink cotton-candy cloud, with a guitar, in a tutu, and sing all by herself.

I always felt like an outsider of the industry, and now I feel quite comfortable as an independent artist.

With my first three albums I did everything on my own. It was what I was used to and where I felt comfortable. I would write the lyrics and music and hide the songs from everyone until I felt confident enough for anyone to hear them.