Quotes About Individuality

I had my hair down for a long time. I shaved my head, you know, a couple of years ago. And, then, I started to wear my hair short, and I thought that was cool. But, at the same time, I never want to put rules down on me and say, 'OK, I do this for this and this for that.' I just don't like rules. I don't.

Not everything has to be a couples' event.

Be who you are. It's easy to feel like you have to blend in, but it takes courage to live your life with conviction and embrace the person that you are.

Courage doesn't come by doing what everybody else says. Courage does by what you know is right.

When one person does something, you look like an outlier. And whether it makes sense or not, the states get a certain level of respect from the courts that other people don't.

Being a cover artist is not like being a real artist. That's just copying what someone else did.

There's a lot more to being a woman than being 18 years old on the cover of Maxim magazine.

I kind of live my life as an example, and I just never felt like I had to be on the cover of a magazine announcing that I was gay; it's just who I am. I just live my life, and I never really thought about it.

The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.

I prefer to be covered. I don't wear a lot of low-cut things. I'd rather keep the attention to my brain, my face.

I'm covered up, but I'm still getting these comments that say I shouldn't be. But the girls who wear the bikinis, they're being told they're too revealing! Enough. It's their body, their choice.

I love myself the way I am, but people will always message me about other people with vitiligo who cover their skin. 'Winnie Harlow, you need to tell them that they need to love themselves the way they are and stop covering their skin!' No! If that's what makes them comfortable and what makes them happy, let them be.

I get a lot of joy out of covering other people's songs, and, at my best, I think I bring something a little new to a lot of them.

I'm happy that I don't have to do covers anymore, because that's not what I do.

The thing about doing mashups and covers is it's great, but a part of you never gets to really showcase what your original sound is like or what your writing voice is like.

We didn't understand why it should be obligatory to be on the covers of magazines as yourself when you are making music and are not a showman.

I admire a lot of actors, but I don't covet people's careers.

The Non-Conformist Conscience makes cowards of us all.

I think you can tell a lot by someone's footwear - cowboy boots would put me off, as would a man in Ugg boots or Crocs.

I made a decision to stop feeling envious of other people, to crack on with my life and stop comparing myself with others.

I love my cracked eyes.

I always say, 'I'm cracked. My characters are cracked. And you, reader, you're cracked, too.'

I'm always cracking up when I hear what people think I should be doing.

I don't even listen to peoples' music... I'm really in-tune with my craft, I listen to me all day long.