Baron Vaughn Quotes

I'm going to skate exactly the way I want to, create programs that I like, and everything will fall into place where it is supposed to.

The older I get, the more I don't care what people think or what people say. I just do what moves me.

You just get out there and be what you want to be. That's part of evolving and part of staying true to yourself - part of remaining alive in a real authentic, long-term sense creatively: not listening to what other people tell you to be.

Living courageously in your uniqueness is really important: just being completely yourself. I know that sounds really cliche, but just do what you want to do.

I just have to be myself, and not worry about everyone looking at me and watching.

Analysis gave me great freedom of emotions and fantastic confidence. I felt I had served my time as a puppet.

I think it is important to let your kids have independence and ownership. Let your kids do what they have a passion for.

I think that's important for all ages, to not be afraid of being an individual. I grew up on my own, as an only child, so early on I think I was quite capable of making decisions by myself and being an individual.

You cannot live your life looking at yourself from someone else's point of view.

I can say I have become far more open about what I believe.

When I stopped hiding who I am, I started writing hits.

I don't care what other people think any more about me writing my own parts.

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.

I'm still very much Kate.

We are never doing anyone any favors by withholding our gifts from the world. It's scary to be fierce, but you can't compromise that for fear of losing those around you.

The older you get, the more yourself you can be and the less worried you are about what other people think.

I dress the way I want. I don't pretend to be someone I'm not.

Trust your gut. You know yourself, so don't let somebody else tell you who you are.

I'm getting rid of this idea that you want people to like you. I'm making decisions on what feels right to me. To act in a more carnal way. That's my challenge.

I decided I was sick of trying to figure out what everybody else wanted, and I should just decide what I want, and be honest, and not spend all my time guessing.

On the first album I was saying, that's just one part of me. And then I was thinking, well, am I going to hide the rest of me now just because I'm afraid of something? No. I'm just going to be myself.

Once you get everything out of your head about what everybody else is going to think, will radio play it - and I hope they do, I really do - once you shed all of that and just be who you are, that's who I am. That's taken a lot of growing up. I've come into myself musically and as a woman, and I hope to keep growing. If you don't grow, you die.

Doing 'All Good Things' really felt like I was acting for myself rather than anyone else. It gave me a freedom I'd never had before, or knew I had, to do whatever I want to, and to argue my opinions and not just feel like the cute girl on set or the girl in a boy's club. I figured out how I could be both. And it's been different ever since.

With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of a courtesan; it may be so, but I have the heart of a King. I live free, I enjoy myself, I can call myself happy.

It's not hard to keep up the image we chose. It's not hard to stay yourselves.