Jessica Hahn Quotes

I know what people think I am. People think I'm dumb. People think I party all the time. People think I'm ignorant.

We all deal with being unfairly judged.

That song is a story that shows how easily you could get slipped into being labeled as the bad guy, even though what you really trying to do is tell the bad guy to leave you alone.

I think I underestimated the way people bracket you.

People decided that I was the frat guy, even though I've never been inside a fraternity, or the guy who beat them up at school, even though that wasn't me at all.

The critics had an image of me, and they wouldn't accept any other... I was a cartoon character. A joke.

Every time I'd get a job, they'd say: 'You'll be good at loading trucks.' I couldn't explain that there was more to me than carrying things.

It sucks, being perceived as a person that you're not; it sucks being hated.

I love when people think I'm not a good receiver.

A lot of people think I'm just an athletic thug.

I think I've been completely underestimated in the past because of my blonde hair.

The trouble is that people are all too ready to jump to conclusions about anybody who they think looks a bit strange. They think you must be mentally subnormal.

I know how people see me. People see me as a rebel. People see me as maybe even ignorant. People see me as a threat or rude or whatever. It's a lot of people who just don't know me.

The biggest misunderstanding about me is that I'm just a bratty, gobby idiot.

The blind won't admit that I have eyes in my head, and the deaf say that I'm dumb.

I’m not a bad person. I haven’t killed anyone. I (rarely) lie. I don’t kick little puppies. So why do people look at me as if the world would be a better place without me?

I don't get no respect

Nobody else took what I was doing seriously, so nobody would want to work with me. I was thought to be a bit eccentric and maybe cranky.

People don't realize who this band is always been because we're so young, and it's hard to get over that stigma.

People think that because of my nature and the tone of my voice that I'm stupid, and that's hard.

That kid who lives in the projects, he has a self-esteem problem - everybody looks down on him. He may be a good kid, but other parents don't want their kids to be with them because percentages say they could be bad. I went through a lot of that.

I feel like I've always been doubted or slighted. Let's be honest. When you're a walk-on, you don't start for a No. 1 team, a national championship contender. You just don't. A walk-on is a guy who plays scout team, who's just happy to be on the team.

People look at you, and they've got just the perfect little box for you, the perfect category. Call you a redneck. Call you a hillbilly. Like those were insults.

I started off in this business in 1998, and I didn't fit in. There was no place for me, and I always felt like an oddball. Nobody really understood my work or what I wanted to do in my references.

Assuming audiences to be dumb, that's a big fallacy.