Quotes About Individuality

Everybody needs to find their own path and the best way for themselves to connect to this world.

I feel like people make such a big deal out of sexuality. It's so weird to me, because at the end of the day, it's just about soul connection. It's just about who you connect with.

I want to keep an element of myself in every character I play. And maybe that's connected to finding something that you like in every character. Maybe they coincide.

A lot of who I am is connected to my size, and I am so happy with who I am.

I think connecting natural elements and musicology is probably pretty idiosyncratic of me, so it is hard to imagine anyone else going down that route.

The internet was supposed to homogenize everyone by connecting us all. Instead what it's allowed is silos of interest.

I had to figure out that finding my place was not about race but about creativity, and connecting with other artists helped me find my voice.

You have to believe that people don't want what you think they're going to like, you know? They want what you like. Once you start doing that, you actually start connecting with people.

There is no better way to create a confident and meaningful connection with someone than to be self-assured and true to yourself. Remember, you want someone to truly appreciate you for you, not for your best side. There is only one you. Be proud of that and own it.

I don't have a connection to the fashion world at all.

What I've been conscious of, from the beginning is that I can't be Jil Sander.

I feel like you come in under a cloak of someone else's skin for a while, but then you can shrug it off - you have to find your own voice, if you want to keep doing it. That became a really conscious thing for me.

I think you have some artists who try to be as conscious as they can be.

My kids are all conscious that they have to prove themselves for who they are. I'm happy for them to do anything they want as long as it's their passion and they work hard.

It wasn't a conscious decision to be bold or anything. It all depends on how different artists envision me.

I don't make a conscious effort about being a fashionista.

If you lend your consciousness to someone else, you're a robot.

I don't write for any group. I write to bring about a change in consciousness.

People don't know how to place me in their consciousness. They think, 'Oh, you must be here to make me look good. That's what gay guys are, right? You're an accessory for my straight life.' Just because your limited view is that everyone's there to serve you and that you're the only person in the world. It doesn't work that way.

I'm not very eccentric. I wear more conservative clothes, though I do like mini-skirts.

It took me 30 years to figure out who I really am, as a person, and who I want to surround myself with. I was very much the kind of person who would just meld in with whatever group I was near.

Look at people for an example, but then make sure to do things your way. Surround yourself with positive people.

I've always been alone. I grew up alone. I like it that way. Even when I'm in an arena surrounded by 10,000 people, I'm alone in my head.

I'm not fond of crowds. I'm no jittery neurotic, but I don't really want to be surrounded by a lot of people if I have a choice.