Jazz Jennings Quotes

I like 'me'/'I' songs.

The thing that I like about being me is that everybody gets a different feeling from me.

I'm an outgoing girl, and I can't help the way I look.

You will always move toward anyone who increases you and away from anyone who makes you less.

I have beauty, intelligence, individuality, sensuality and sexuality.

I was raised not to be afraid to show emotion or imagination.

If I were but a man who would be tall, I would be me.

I have always felt extremely weird. But I am very happy with my weirdnesses, and I want other people to be very happy with theirs.

In addition to exploring imaginative worlds, I believe that young people should have access to reading material that validates their life, that gives them a sense of identity - to be able to read texts that chimes with their own world, corrals thoughts, and connects with the emotional conflicts of growing up.

I'm not interested in trying to work on people's perceptions. I am who I am, and if you don't take the time to learn about that, then your perception is going to be your problem.

I think we all feel geeky at times, don't we? Isn't that all a part of the wonderful tapestry of life?

For me, embracing my own power is about embracing my right to be an individual.

Never be ashamed of who you are, your story, or how you react to situations. Don't ever be ashamed of how you communicate with people. Don't ever be ashamed of the person you are. Be you.

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.

My mom raised a self-aware kid. I wasn't like the typical alpha male. I wasn't afraid to sing, you know? I wasn't afraid to be in musicals.

I'm a proud woman. I'm a proud man. I'm a proud whatever people think I am.

For so long, I've been a little misunderstood as a person. You know, I do have this strut about me. I don't know if it's the Jersey girl in me. I like to think of myself as an egg, you know? Hard on the outside but soft on the inside.

I've been working on the way my originality, my body, my face, my original form is perceived by me.

People better get used to the idea that I exist.

I know who I am. When I look in the mirror, I see me.

With fame, you know, you can read about yourself, somebody else's ideas about you, but what's important is how you feel about yourself - for survival and living day to day with what comes up.

I've always been interested in how the individual comes to know and accept him or herself, which I think has been hard for me.

I learned, when I look in the mirror and tell my story, that I should be myself and not peep whatever everybody is doing.

You can't form a character without being completely comfortable with who you are as a person.

I find that a lot of women respond to my work in that it doesn't make them feel bad about themselves.