Tink Quotes

I want to be sure I'm being myself. I don't want to follow something because someone's like 'do this, it's popular.'

Be yourself, be an individual - people are scared to be themselves.

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

He who fears to be out of the mode does not deserve to belong to himself.

As much as I live I shall not imitate them or hate myself for being different to them

If human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween.

If you let society and your peers define who you are, you're the less for it.

I always tried so hard to fit in, and then I figured out that I didn't want to fit.

To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity.

I don't want to be liked by everyone.

You don't have to fit into a mold that someone else has defined.

I do so hate to be forced to be anything than other than what I am.

The greatest fear people have is that of being themselves. They want to be 50 Cent or someone else. They do what everyone else does even if it doesn’t fit where and who they are. But you get nowhere that way; your energy is weak and no one pays attention to you. You’re running away from the one thing that you own – what makes you different. I lost that fear. And once I felt the power that I had by showing the world I didn’t care about being like other people, I could never go back.

Be yourself, no matter what they say.

I just don't conform very well.

People relate to the spirit of the band, which is to live your way and succeed on your own terms. There's no hypocrisy in being successful and still railing against conformity.

I have an aversion to being mislabeled. Here's a label I'd accept: I'm an 'individual.' I'm someone who can't follow, and doesn't want to lead.

I'm still very much Kate.

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.

We have to wake up. We have to refuse to be a clone.

A charming woman... doesn't follow the crowd. She is herself.

You don't build your character by doing what everybody else is doing.

But for everyone, I think, there is always a pressure to conform, and I guess as you get older you realize it's less interesting to do that. It starts with you, though, saying, 'I know what I like doing and that's what I'm going to do.'

Being cool is being your own self, not doing something that someone else is telling you to do.

Really rejoice in being yourself. Have your own drumbeat.