Karen Bender Quotes

I can look at myself in the mirror, and I can be proud.

Sure I think it is healthy to speak the truth, and be who you are, and be proud of that.

I think there's so much honor and integrity and beauty in being able to be who you are.

Maybe I'm ego-tripping, but I don't find myself a particularly horrible person, so I don't think I need to hold back anything I think or feel.

I want to make sure that any young person or anyone, really, who is looking up to me - who sees a glimpse of who I am as a person - that they see no shame, that they see pride, and that I'm truly unabashed about the person that I am.

I'm proud of who I am.

It is all about quality of life and being proud of what I do. I need me to be me.

I know who I am. I'm proud of my journey.

Being myself has worked out pretty well for me I think.

Never underestimate people. They do desire the cut of truth.

I'm not scared about saying what I think.

My lips are big, but my talent is bigger.

My music, certainly, has never embarrassed me.

I feel like I have some stuff that matches 'Fight Song,' not in necessarily the message exactly but in the emotion and honesty.

I don't believe in trying to be somebody you're not - just be a bigger, better version of yourself.

Be who you are and be that well.

I see no reason to hide who I am or what I look like.

I'm always gonna be all over my CD the most, of course. My talent is my talent. I ain't really tripping off no ego; I just like to make good music with good people.

I'm not on the stage going, 'Look at me! I'm amazing!' I accept my vulnerability, don't pretend I'm something I'm not. I don't want to come across as fake.

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.

I'm not really concerned with portraying this tough warrior - I mean, that's part of my job and I take that very seriously. But I don't have anything to hide, and I'm not concerned with what people think.

I think a part of being successful or trying to be successful is staying true to who you are. Be genuine.

Every bit of me is devoted to love and art. And I aspire to try to be a teacher to my young fans who feel just like I felt when I was younger. I just felt like a freak. I guess what I'm trying to say is I'm trying to liberate them, I want to free them of their fears and make them feel that they can make their own space in the world.

For your own self-respect and sanity, your creative freedom, you have to be careful that you don't rely too much on other people's opinions of what you do because it can stunt and inhibit you.

Be content to seem what you really are.