Jill Scott Quotes

Never apologise for not being someone else. You're bound to find something you're good at, even if it's only writing stories.

I'm not the new anything; I'm just Agyness.

To me, a strong sense of self isn't believing in a lot.

I've never gone out and courted favors. I've never gone out to be booed, either. It's just me being myself.

I feel like I've just got to be me and let my play speak for itself.

Don't be afraid to show off who you are.

I don't think of myself as pretty. I am what I am.

If I couldn't be pretty, I decided I would be smart.

I like to think that it looks effortless rather than trying too hard. I'm not necessarily a trend-driven person. I like to kind of do my own thing.

People should be happy to see you when you show up to a club because you're a good person. And stop caring about what the industry is "looking for". Just say what you think is funny. .

If I wasted my time trying to be like everybody else when I was 10 and 11, I wouldn't be me today. So if you are gonna be the future rockstars, the future somebody, whatever you wanna be then you're wasting your time trying to be somebody else, because you'll never get to you.

You've really got to get down on the floor with yourself and get low in order to make great art. I think you've just got to accept who you are and do the most unbelievable things.

Wait a second Why should you care what they think of you? When you're all alone, by yourself, do you like you? Do you like you? You don't have to try so hard, you don't have to give it all away, you just have to get up You don't have to change a single thing.

You are the only you. That means you don't lose roles to anybody else. There's no competition, so they either want you or they don't want you, and it's not that they wanted someone else over you.

What you have, what you are - your looks, your personality, your way of thinking - is unique. No one in the world is like you. So capitalize on it.

I hate clever-cleverness, but I love good honest cleverness.

I think as long as you wear your imperfections on your sleeve, people respect it more.

I didn't start to work until I realized what it was I had to offer. I stopped imitating performers I admired and started just being myself.

You can't really copy what I do because I don't do anything.

Style? I have no style.

I would much rather be a bad Luise Rainer than a second someone else.

Be your own artist, and always be confident in what you're doing. If you're not going to be confident, you might as well not be doing it.

My dad used to say, 'Just be yourself and you'll be fine,' but it's really, really true.

The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique.

With everything I do, I just try to be myself.