Quotes About Individuality

I guess we all have that 'Dig Me' space, where we have some of our things displayed. Mine's a little bit more off the beaten path. You're not going to see it as soon as you walk into my house, but it does exist.

I'm just tryna be honest about all the things that I dig in my music. It's not just this over here, it's also that over there.

Guitar players I find kind of boring - and that's not meant as a dig. I find myself boring.

Most women don't think to wear bold lip colors, which is just all the more reason to dig out those lipliners and lip colors and put them on.

You see the Paper Bois - easy. Personas are easy to touch and see and digest. But you don't get the chance to really see who the Alfreds are. I want to make sure I did that with him.

I think my voice isn't that easy to digest.

I write 100% of my material by myself. That's really important to me because I don't want what I'm trying to say to be diluted by anyone that might not know my circumstance or who I am as a person.

You have to add some sort of dimension to each of your characters because everyone has their own layers.

I want to give every single character the dimensions and complexity of a main character.

You start comparing people, and ultimately, somebody feels diminished.

I am different - if you can find another like me, then I will buy you dinner!

I took one thing to heart that I heard from Sidney Poitier in 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.' And it resonated so much with me. He says: 'Dad, you always looked at yourself as a black man. I look at myself as a man.'

What kind of a dinosaur am I? I guess something like a triceratops. A triceratops is not too dynamic, but has a little strength.

The fact that designers like Lagerfeld, Gaultier, Galliano and Dior could believe in Alek made me believe in myself, too.

I am an undiplomatic diplomat.

I can't be diplomatic or compromise or take crap from people, so I'd probably make an exit way before I even made a proper entry into Bollywood.

A bonus: You don't have to diet to direct.

Writing is always personal in some way but not always in a direct way.

I don't act, I don't direct, I don't design.

My eccentricity became direction.

I have not thought of pairing with somebody for music direction and will continue composing music by myself.

Acting and making music are quite complementary. Acting relies on someone else's writing and direction; writing music or lyrics doesn't. But they are both creative and personal in completely different ways.

I'm not confused about what's happening in fashion, because I follow my own direction and go.

When you're with somebody for some years, sometimes you need a break from 'em. You grow in different directions. That's kind of what happened with me and the Eastside Boyz. They wanted to do different things than I wanted to do, so we separated.