Brian Molko Quotes

I caved in to what people wanted me to do. I thought that they weren't going to like me if I didn't.

I did a lot of ridiculous television. Between 1980 and '85 I had no confidence, so I did everything I was told to do.

There's something very addictive about people pleasing. It's a thought pattern and a habit that feels really, really good until it becomes desperate.

I'm very conscious of other people's opinions and of people not liking me.

I can let people take advantage of me at times.

Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself.

I'm very insecure.

I couldn't bear it if anyone knew I had hardly any self-confidence at all.

I grew up being really insecure and dumped on, over-feeling certain things in a negative way. So I thought I had something to prove.

I think that I have self esteem issues, really. If you really analyse it... People who really like me I have no interest in. The unattainable is always that I want to attain.

Remember, I'm the kind of kid who used to get stuffed into a locker by school bullies. I've never felt like I'm a big star at any level of my life.

You see your peers weighing 80 pounds and you think, 'Oh, my God, I've got to be 80 pounds or I'll fail.'

Consider what people think of you, but don't be afraid of what people think of you.

I have kind of a personality defect in that I find the word 'no' hard to articulate.

Realizing that we've surrendered our self-esteem to others and choosing to be accountable for our own self-worth would mean absorbing the terrifying fact that we're always vulnerable to pain and loss.

All the mistakes I ever made were when I wanted to say 'No' and said 'Yes'.

When I am not desperate, I am worthless.

I used to spend most of my time straining to be a nice guy so people would like me.

I admired in others the strength that I lacked myself.

I'm not the guy who bursts into the room. I'm the most insecure person you'll meet if you get to know me.

I do have an outsider's complex of getting made fun of. I was made fun of as a kid, and I don't have the stomach for it.

I'm too insecure to have people hate me.

It is part of a poor spirit to undervalue himself and blush.

I often think you bring unhappiness on yourself, because if you don't like yourself very much, you allow yourself to be influenced by people who reinforce that.

For six years, from 1985 to 1991, I felt pretty weak and useless.