Quotes About Contentment

It's not like if I play in big places I won't be happy. But I don't want to start adapting to what's in style to make my music. I want to stay true to my roots, to keep making the music I love, that comes from my soul. And if there are people who want to listen to it, I'm happy.

I'm happy with the idea of being a mum first and an actress second - I'm perfectly content for people to think of me as a stay-at-home mum, rather than an actress, if that is their perception.

I loved being a stay-at-home mom.

Sometimes I think what it might be like if I stayed in the background and was just singing in a choir somewhere. That crosses my mind on some of the bad days when I'm overworked. But it's just a fleeting thought.

Because, you know, it's never a hard work when you enjoy yourself. Look, I've been here since 57 years, and I don't have to explain why I've stayed so long. I always enjoyed it.

I don't think I would have stayed for the second season if I hadn't been happy.

I don't live in L.A. I actually live in Atlanta, Georgia. After I graduated from Spelman, I just stayed and never left. And I love it.

I've stayed in the best hotels in the world, but you could put me in prison, and I'd still have fun.

I didn't do it for the money. I know a lot of people say that, but if I'd wanted to be rich, I'd have stayed working as a city lawyer. I gave that up eight years ago and took a massive drop in salary, and I didn't mind because I was doing what I loved. There's plenty of material for the other five books.

It's kind've a cliche but I like when it's raining. I like the feeling of staying in and not being told I should be outside.

I am mostly at home and I do my housework, I read and I love watching documentaries. In short, I love staying at home.

I've done enough for a while and people get fed up of seeing you, but apart from that, although I'm young, I need a bit of rest. You could say I have become a house husband. It's not a new man thing, it's just largely a boring man who doesn't mind staying in the house thing.

I don't really... go to 'the opening of an envelope.' I don't really turn up to all the events, you know what I mean? If I'm involved, I'll go, and if there's a good friend who needs support, I'll go, but otherwise... I don't go. I'm probably just a bit like my grandparents; I like staying in.

The things that excite me are staying home and cooking.

It's about staying level-headed and being appreciative of the chances I got and the games I played but, at the same time, wanting more.

I like staying at home and indulging in cooking sometimes.

I don't regret a single moment of staying away from the camera.

I've never wanted to move around a lot to try to win. There's comfort in staying in one place and a challenge in finding the right pieces.

But learning how to enjoy my own company - and picking up hobbies is really important as well in not being bored and staying sane. But it can be quite difficult to get to that point where you can sit and relax and enjoy your own company.

A nice, steady job I don't need that bad. I'm not that satisfied with it.

When you cannot have steak, either you eat egg or you don't eat. So, in the end, you eat egg and you enjoy it.

No one will steal my joy.

I would rather have nothing worth stealing than live my life trying to protect things.

Some people like to drive a Ford, not a Ferrari, and some people like to drink out of a red Solo cup, not out of a crystal stem.