James Broughton Quotes

Everybody has that thing about them that makes them special, and sometimes we try to dull it down or we don't always want to expose it, and maybe we've been taught that way or whatever. It's just a matter of letting it out and letting it go and letting people in on it.

We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.

I found that the more truthful and vulnerable I was, the more empowering it was for me.

Kids will tell me 'oh I want to be like you when I grow up,' you know. I just thought 'nah, don't be like me, be like you,' because first of all they don't really know me but second of all I understand what they're trying to say but I just let them know - be like you.

What if everything I thought was wrong with me was actually right with me? You have to have the courage to show who you are to the world.

It's so hard to know where you belong, ever. You have to be yourself and let yourself fall wherever you fall.

I think I just need to be myself. I think that's what this 'Diva Search' competition is all about.

I feel blessed because not only my character is, but I, myself, can be a role model for people to show that is okay to be your own unique self.

The life you're leading is the sexiest part of you.

Be bold, be brave enough to be your true self.

We might all be so afraid to be who we are, but in the end, it's really you're individual, unique qualities that make you attractive to people.

There are lots of people I admire and respect, but I don't necessarily want to be like them. I'm too happy being myself.

I personally have a philosophy around authenticity and vulnerability.

I want to continue to be me and share with people.

I think that my music is really empowering. I just want people to know - especially young people, but really everyone - that you don't have to be so caught up in what everyone else is thinking. You don't have to be the coolest, most popular person. You can just be you and be vulnerable.

I'm putting myself out there in a way I don't know if I ever have before.

It's that beautiful thing to love your weaknesses, your insecurities, and then put them all on blast. That's why I started writing, and that's why it was so hard to do it in public.

Really rejoice in being yourself. Have your own drumbeat.

You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.

My customer has her own sense of style and knows herself well. My goal is to help women become the best version of themselves.

I think sexy is vulnerability, and there's no way you can act vulnerable. It just has to be there.

When I was younger, I was afraid to be myself.

I think if I had seen more people like me who are out and proud, it wouldn't have taken me 45 years to say it - to walk in the truth.

I've learned that to expose yourself, to reveal yourself is a test of your humanness.

I feel like my secret magic trick that separates me from a lot of my peers is the bravery to be vulnerable and truthful and honest.