Ledisi Quotes

Mom always tells me to celebrate everyone's uniqueness. I like the way that sounds.

I have my detractors, no doubt about it. I look at it as a compliment.

I have big everything on the bottom, but I love my legs. You've got to love what's yours.

Imitation is the highest form of flattery, but clones kind of get it wrong because we are promoting individuality and being proud of being yourself.

I can easily ignore my detractors and feel the people who respond favorably.

I've spent my whole life being told I have a face like a horse. You are just what you are, aren't you?

Never be ashamed! There's some who'll hold it against you, but they're not worth bothering with.

You can do anything and be a star. You can dress like however you want, and you can do whatever you want. If you wanna wear meat suits like Lady Gaga, good. She's freaking amazing! She's doing that, and she's unbelievable. I can wear T-shirts and still be great, too. So that's just what I'm proving to people.

Count your blessings. You are one of a kind. There's no one in the world like you. You are amazing.

You are one of a kind and unique. Never forget that.

You know, I always think of myself as sort of ready for every criticism.

I certainly was never the pretty girl at school, but I can go to a lot of different places with this face.

I think it's real easy to look at what's out there and get discouraged. I was never the best-looking guy, I was never the Tom Cruise-looking guy. I think the biggest thing I can say is, 'Don't compare yourself.'

I remember I read this harsh review about my show, and one of my friends told me that this was the exact same stuff people said about Madonna. And it's like, she didn't care. Madonna just came out and was herself. I respect that a lot.

What I do doesn't sit well in the world of hipsterville. I don't have a cool card, but I also don't have thin skin.

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

You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.

Don't listen to what other people say about you negatively!

If I was to meet my eight-year-old self, I would say, 'Don't listen to what they say about you. Wear your anorak with pride!'

I don't know anybody as creative and unique and off the wall as Dia Frampton. She's always asking me, 'Am I too weird?' I just tell her, 'People don't think you're weird, they think you're cool.'

Lift others and yourself as you rise above this mess of comparison. Thank God for those who embraced their true selves and gave us gifts that only they could give: from Steve Jobs to Michael Jackson to Ray Charles to Mark Twain. There are so many more, and the list goes on.

You look just like you!

Because I was surrounded by so much negativity at some point that it took me going back and doing stand-up to realize, you know, people really like me.

No one intimidates me because I'm not trying to do what you do, because I can't do what you do. I can only do what Mary J. Blige can do, so that relaxes me right there, and it gets me out of the competition and that whole thing.

It's ok to show all your colors.