Michelle Branch Quotes

I'm not a huge, popular artist, but I feel like one when I'm in the studio. But it's never taking away from the music. I'm just making a bigger space for myself.

I'm always gonna be all over my CD the most, of course. My talent is my talent. I ain't really tripping off no ego; I just like to make good music with good people.

I'm very comfortable as a singer. In fact, I think it's more - I identified my self-esteem, my self more in those ways when I was growing up. I really - it was kind of my calling card as a kid.

Doing 'All Good Things' really felt like I was acting for myself rather than anyone else. It gave me a freedom I'd never had before, or knew I had, to do whatever I want to, and to argue my opinions and not just feel like the cute girl on set or the girl in a boy's club. I figured out how I could be both. And it's been different ever since.

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.

Encouraging young people to believe in themselves and find their own voice whether it's through writing, drama or art is so important in giving young people a sense of self-worth.

Success gave me confidence as an artist. And now I'm able to do what I want without anybody thinking it's dumb.

I'm making the music I want to make, in my own space, and it's just incredible to be able to continue to do that.

I'm gonna keep making music that hopefully I think is good, and whatever comes out of that, that will be fine with me.

I've got some stories to tell, and acting was a way I could express myself and not feel stupid. I fell in love with that.

I'm not trying to prove myself, and I'm not trying to shock anyone.

At first, I ain't gon' lie, I used to be a little nervous about what people were gon' think about my music, but once I let that go, then everything started happening.

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

When I launched my channel, I felt I was ready to do this. It's not that I had learnt everything - because as an artiste you never stop learning, but I was ready to put out my voice in the world.

Every time I dance, I'm trying to prove myself to myself.

To me, that's what music entails. It's freedom, it's having the undeniable confidence to express yourself in a way that you know is right.

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

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.

My music has given me a confidence I wouldn't have had if I had gone a different route.

If I want to listen to myself as much as I want to listen to Drake or Beyonce, I feel like that's a good sign.

After all these years, being alone, creating your art and finding your way, finding the path I wanted to take, writing the songs, being more comfortable and confident in what I do, it's been actually an incredible joyride.

I fight for whatever I believe in! I've learned to trust myself. I went from a being a rapper to an artist.

You're always trying to make each record more autobiographical than the last one.

Filming 'Glow' helped with my confidence.

I never used to speak at all. I always said Joe is the speaker of the family. I mean, I'd go to events and volunteer, but I was never a speaker.