Viv Albertine Quotes

Life is short, and there's something to be said for being true to yourself.

I just need to be me.

I'm just going to live my life and be who I am.

The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.

Now all of a sudden I'm so less interested in pretending to be a lot of other people, and much more interested in being me.

Life is very, very short, and you can choose to live it how you want. You can choose to dumb yourself down and not express yourself just so you can fit in, just so people won't dislike you.

I just realized the best way to live your life is to just be you, as cliche as it sounds. I grew up trying to please everyone.

I'm trying to know who I am and be honest about it.

If you keep changing for every person who tells you to, then who's going to be left? Why get the success and be somebody else?

It's a hell of a responsibility to be yourself. It's much easier to be somebody else or nobody at all.

The most important thing is to be whatever you are without shame.

You are constantly invited to be what you are.

The price we pay for being ourselves is worth it.

I never had time to dream about being anyone else.

'Truth Will Set U Free' is about honesty. My philosophic belief that ultimately being true to yourself is liberating, with every individual's inalienable right to be who they are without fear or recrimination.

At which point should we let go and do what we want to do, and when should we submit to rules? Coming to terms with our true natures and who we really are has always been a fascination to humans. I know it fascinates me.

I just try to live my life and do my thing.

When I first got into the league, I tried to fit in. Now I don't care.

I suppose my life has always been about pleasing people, making sure they're all right, doing the right thing. Then, suddenly, you have to face up to what you want and be honest about it.

I know that many people kill off their real personality just to fit into this society, but why do we have to compromise? I never understood that. I decided to try to be myself and to live by my own values rather than those of others.

When we are honest - that's my saying - if we are honest then we will reveal ourselves. But we do not have to make an effort to be individualistic, different from others.

I've seen a lot of good things and a lot of the bad of what Hollywood can bring. At the end of the day, I've found that when you try and fit in, that's a way to go crazy; you kind of lose yourself. I'm sometimes the different one at the table, but I don't care.

That's a song about reaching deep inside yourself where you can completely be who you are.

The truth sets you free. It's a very liberating thing, when you say this is who I am warts and all and then you can just get on with life. It's amazing.

What we must try to be, of course, is ourselves and wholeheartedly. We must find out what we really are and what we really want.