Quotes About Individuality

Maybe some people have been turned off of me because I take what I'm doing pretty seriously, and I don't feel the need to charm everybody.

I couldn't be as charming as my mother or as smart as my father. So I decided to be bad.

When you try and appeal to the most people, you end up not actually making anything unique, because to be at the top of the charts I guess you have to do something quite bland so as to please as many people as possible.

I am not trying to chase what other people are doing.

Chase your happiness in a way you desire rather than going for anybody else's or society's idea of happiness.

I was never the kind of girl that chased anybody.

The thing is that when I'm making music, I'm not really chasing that sound - the Atlanta sound that we hear a lot.

Supari' is about four friends, each one chasing a different dream.

Yeah and that's the thing, you can have a 100 different chat shows, they can all look the same and do the same thing, but if you can get in there and set something apart, you win.

I am a black woman, last time I checked.

I was told by people who wanted to 'help' me that, although I had checked the box on the skills they wanted to see in the quarterly evaluation, they thought that I might want to cut my long hair so that I looked less young.

The best part of being on your own is not really having to answer to anybody. Not that when you're in a relationship you should really have to answer to somebody then, either. Just the freedom of not checking in with someone all the time is nice.

I don't look at life in terms of checking the boxes, making sure you have enough women here and enough men there.

I have been a ballerina, a cheerleader and a sorority girl. I was the girliest girl alive.

I was a real loner in high school, even though people assume I was the head cheerleader.

From the earliest age, I was just different. I think that's part of every writer's little revenge. You think, 'I'm not a blonde, blue-eyed cheerleader but I'm going to get out of here and do something.'

Sometimes 'Rookie' is written about like, 'Finally! Something for alternative girls!' and I'm like, 'No!' Obviously it's not for everyone, but I used to think that there are cheerleaders, and there are art kids.

I am Chelsea Manning. I am female.

I can't be the same as another player. I am just my way and I will try to improve on that at Chelsea.

I'll tell you what I hate - bands like My Chemical Romance.

I'm Chevy Chase, and you're not.

I did not want to follow Chi Udayashankerji; now Yogaraj Bhat does not want to follow me in writing lyrics.

I don't want to be known as the Aerosmith chick, but it's fun to put on the boots and makeup and act like a tough girl.

I'm an Obama chick.