Quotes About Individuality

Anything you spend a long time on, of course it would be nice if everyone likes it. But I think the strength that we've got is that we always concentrate on what we want it to be like and not really trying to please other people.

Everyone's careers go at different paces; you need to forget what other people are doing and concentrate on your own progress.

I don't do concept records anymore - I just prefer doing good songs.

I meet so many pretty girls who are like, 'Here I am! Don't you want me because I look good?' That concept is so weird to me. I want to know, 'What else do you have going on?'

The fact that I could sing in a way that might not be right for RADA but is right for me was a brand-new concept.

No one's conception of art is going to be acceptable to everybody.

I am not really interested in clothing as a conceptual art form.

The accusation that we've lost our soul resonates with a very modern concern about authenticity.

If I feel any marginalisation, it's because the things that concern me aren't so important to other people.

Everybody has their own way to deal with it. I don't concern myself with other people's - whether or not they want to come out, it's not something for me think about.

I don't have to be concerned about everybody else's character.

It's fun to cast away concerns you might have about what other people think about you.

To me, in life, if there's, like, a rule, and I think it's ridiculous, then of course I'll circumvent that but also point out how ridiculous the rule is. Other than that, if I go to a concert, and my seat is Row G, Seat 12, I'm sitting in Row G, Seat 12. I don't care if I'm with five other friends, I'm supposed to be in Seat 12, that's my seat.

For me music is pretty personal. I generally listen to it alone, and I've never been a lover of concerts. So I don't think I really bond with other people over music. That's not unique to music for me, either. I feel that way about film, television, art, everything. I read a book alone, so why wouldn't I listen to music alone?

After watching a movie, you can't conclude that I am the same person in real life too.

I've come to the conclusion that I'm not supposed to be married.

I recognize out of the box that I am not the establishment candidate. There's nothing about me that would have anybody draw the conclusion that I am somehow preordained for anything.

Football, for me, wasn't a foregone conclusion. My parents didn't force me into it, and quite the opposite happened.

The best compliment to a child or a friend is the feeling you give him that he has been set free to make his own inquiries, to come to conclusions that are right for him, whether or not they coincide with your own.

I am not my skin. I am a model with a skin condition.

The condition of my personal workspace is my own business, as I see it.

One must measure and conduct one's life on its own terms.

A personal code of conduct that you follow is far better than a social code of conduct that you are forced to follow.

I was different from most young conductors today.