Quotes About Individuality

I'm not interested in people being interested in me.

People are forced to become doctors or engineers today. It makes no sense to force children to study something they are not interested in. I believe each one should be encouraged to follow their dreams.

I'm just not interested in the norm. The only example I can give you is I can't go to a hairdresser and talk about holidays. I just don't live in that world. It's not me.

I don't mind playing a mom, but if I'm just somebody in someone else's love story, then I'm not interested.

I'm not interested in the what-do-you-do-for-a-living questions.

French girls don't care about the perfect look; we actually like when it's not perfect because that's what makes our style effortless.

I'm not perfect; I've never professed to be, and I don't want to be. How much fun is that?

Because I'm not perfect looking, I get to play better roles.

The human condition is not perfect. We are not perfect specimens, any of us. We're not robots.

Respect your kids. They are their own people. I think sometimes we expect kids to be perfect when we're not perfect.

I'm so not perfect.

I'm not perfect. This is how I was raised. If I wasn't in the industry, I'd be the same person.

We're not perfect; we all have things that people might not like to see, and I like to show my faults.

I'm not perfect and no one else is perfect.

The best records are not perfect. They don't sound digital or like someone applied rules.

Note to self: Never ride a motorcycle in stilettos and a miniskirt.

Because I work so much, people think that I have a team writing for me, but that's not why I chose to write music for films. I chose to write music because I like to write music. So every single note that comes out of my studio is written by me, and I wouldn't be able to do two movies at the same time.

No matter what you do, your person comes through. You can't completely change yourself on the screen. I had in mind someone colder and more in control, but I couldn't do it. This human note just crept in and maybe it's better.

When I was in high school, there were these British blues-rock-type bands with really good guitar players that would jam on one song for half an hour. And as much as I was amazed by some of those guitar players, seeing them prompted me to make a note that that's not something I could do.

There isn't one album that says 'Hall & Oates.' It's always 'Daryl Hall and John Oates.' From the very beginning. People never note that. The idea of 'Hall & Oates,' this two-headed monster, this thing, is not anything we've ever wanted or liked.

If you think of the people who are funny in your life, you'll note it's not because they tell jokes, it's because of their character. If you develop characters, then you'll know them, and you'll know how they'll speak. The comedy will come out of the character.

I don't think I could ever be in a band if we just had to go out there and play the record note for note. I'd give up. I'd become a banker.

I've been working now for 24 years. That's a long time to be around for playing only one note, and I'm making a damn good living. And if some still think I'm a woman, that's OK, too.

I knew I really made it when my dad saw me in London and after the performance he had no notes to me and just said 'You are doing your own thing and I am proud of you.'