Alison Krauss Quotes

One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but determines to get acquainted with himself as he really is.

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.

It is when I am working that the real me comes out - that is when I am the most real and honest.

I don't think it's about entertainment. I think it's about being ourselves.

Be that self which one truly is.

In my life and my work, I really try to be just fully myself.

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

For me, the best way to be as an artist is to be completely yourself, letting that vulnerability come through.

All I'm trying to do is be me.

I felt more comfortable playing other people than being myself, when I was a kid. And then, the tables turned. Through my performances, I've become more comfortable with who I am, and then I just bring more of myself into the people that I play.

I never had time to dream about being anyone else.

Personally, coming out was one of the most important things I've ever done, lifting from my shoulders the millstone of lies that I hadn't even realized I was carrying.

There's no reason to change what you are, but if you're not being you, then you need to acknowledge that.

For me, 'Rent' was all about coming out of myself, finding out who I was, learning the power I could have as a performer.

I've been through so much of my own self-search that I'm not as consumed with who I am as I used to be.

I was fine being in the closet at the beginning of my career because that's what you were supposed to be - until I realized that it didn't serve anybody, and I was left feeling utterly empty. This is who I am, so I've gotta be me.

Self-exploration is very painful, but unless you do that, you will never know who you are and who you want to be.

I'm one Pia Zadora, the same way all the time. That's why I'm happy. It took me a long time to get to the point where could be myself all the time.

If you have to change something about you to be in a part, I don't think it's easy to do. You should just pick the part where you can just be yourself.

During 'Hawthorne', I was constantly trying not to be too outrageous and keep it serious. This has been so refreshing for me because it's such a good outlet for the inner me to just be. That's the whole point of 'Glee' anyways - to just be who you are and that's enough. I really feel that way on set.

All that I am is me. So I'm not really a poet or a writer or an actor or an activist; I'm me, and these are things that I do.

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

It's not an epitaph. I felt I could look back at my life and get a good story out of it. It's a picture of somebody trying to figure things out. I'm not trying to create some impression about myself. That doesn't interest me.

I want to show people all of me, because that's what I haven't been doing. To be able to play so many instruments, and no one's ever seen me play, it seems like someone who's bluffing.

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.