Amandla Stenberg Quotes

Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.

There's no way I set out to be a certain kind of symbol - the way I dress is the way I am, the way I live my life.

Pop music allows you to be who you are without having to wear a social uniform or to conform, which some people find impossible to do.

I'm really not sure what people think or expect me to be, but I am surprised when people say, 'You're not supposed to be like that... ' I'm not exactly sure what 'that' is, so I choose to take it as a compliment.

I do not want to work to correspond to an image.

If I probably didn't have tattoos, or if I probably didn't bleach my hair, or if I probably didn't wear blue jeans and a T-shirt to fancy things, if I didn't do things that make me look like someone who's whacked out of their mind, it'd probably be different. But then again, that's how I wanna dress.

It's nice to stand out and not have to conform to all the beauty standards that just don't even make sense anymore.

I want people to get from 'Pariah' that it's okay to be you and not to check a box as a parent or child.

I can simply tell you that since I was a kid, I didn't like to look like anyone else.

The way I dress, the way I talk, the way I do things, what I say on Twitter - it's just like, that's who you are, so don't try to mask who you are just because of what other people think of you.

We don't need to be categorized - we are all individual and beautifully unique.

Punk is all about doing what you want and being yourself. And that's what rap is too.

I was not trying to be shocking, or to be a pioneer. I wasn't trying to change society, or to be ahead of my time. I didn't think of myself as liberated, and I don't believe that I did anything important. I was just myself. I didn't know any other way to be, or any other way to live.

It takes a great deal of courage and independence to decide to design your own image instead of the one that society rewards, but it gets easier as you go along.

I hate labels, and I wear no labels. When a man has to put something around his neck and say I am, he isn't.

[E]ach of our voices has something unique to say. Not only should I not mold my life to the demands of external conformity; I can't even find the model by which to live outside myself. I can only find it within.

I don't really care if you think I'm strange--I ain't gonna change!

Be yourself. It's the most important part of anything that you do. It's not fashion. It can be whatever you want to do.

To conform is to lose your soul

Be yourself, no matter what they say.

I'm going to be me as I am, and you can beat me or jail me or even kill me, but I'm not going to be what you want me to be.

It's easy to get anonymous people to hate you. Have an opinion. Be creative. Be yourself.

If you don't fit into a certain type, there's a lot of strength in just being who you are.

I was born to stand out. I don't care whether or not people will find me attractive on screen. That's not why I became an actor. I know that more and more with each new role.

I've never considered myself cool, and I don't think I ever will be. Honestly, it's better that way. It's much less pressure.