Karen Civil Quotes

Do people have an idea of who they think I am? Yes, and that's fine with me. My music will speak for itself.

You can't worry too much about profile; otherwise, you become a different kind of actor, and that's not the kind of actor I want to be.

The worst frame of mind to be in is what the fans like or what the fans want, because then you lose the authenticity of who you are as an artist and who you are as a person.

I've turned down a few roles because I couldn't see myself in them.

I think the most important thing is you need to have a very, very clear idea of who you are as an artist before you let other people tell you who you are.

It's really tough to make a name for yourself without compromising and without fitting yourself into a real specific mold. When I made the choice that I would be involved in every aspect of music and not necessarily make music for radio or MTV, I was saying, 'OK, this is me. You decide who it is.'

You have to maintain who you are as a person and stay true to yourself - that's my biggest moral as a human being, as well as a very self-deprecating sense of humor.

You always have to stay true to yourself.

Can you every single day tell a true testimony of who you are? That's really what life is about.

I play my life straight - the way I see it. I'm grateful to audiences for watching me and for enjoying what I do - but I'm not one of those who believe that a successful entertainer is made by the public, as is so often said.

I understand that nobody understands me, but I can't be someone I'm not.

A man's name is not like a mantle which merely hangs about him...but a perfectly fitting garment, which, like the skin, has grown over him, at which one cannot rake and scrape without injuring the man himself.

Be true to yourself. If you follow that principle, a lot of decisions are actually pretty easy.

Establish who you are, and don't let anybody dress you up or change the way you are, and stay true to yourself.

Don't lose who you are in the blur of the stars Seeing is deceiving, dreaming is believing

You're not supposed to become something else so you can get more. You're supposed to stay you and get through as yourself, because at least then you can count on that, and you don't have to ask yourself who you are half the time.

What do I think of myself? I know my worth. I know my value. I know I have to lead by example. I can't just be all over the place. I put the energy out that I want given back to me. And again, I'm true to me.

It's pretty hard when you are Caesar and everyone is saying how wonderful you are and they are giving you all the goodies and the girls, it's pretty hard to break out of that, to say 'Well, I don't want to be king, I want to be real.'

Those who quit their proper character to assume what does not belong to them are, for the greater part, ignorant both of the character they leave and of the character they assume.

I'm thankful that when I go to bed at night, that I have been myself that day. And, I have been myself all the days before that.

I don't worry about how accurately I convey my personality. I learned early on that it's almost impossible to accurately portray yourself.

I won't change anything in my life I'm staying myself tonight

The highest courage is to dare to appear to be what one is

Always keep your dignity and be true to yourself.

What's a man's first duty? The answer is brief: To be himself.