Quotes About Confidence

For a long time, I dressed like an idiot. In college, I had a fully shaved head with just two horns. Like, a coxcomb of hair that I would sculpt into two horns. I looked like a crazy person.

I'm not an idiot.

I'm not an idiot: I know that I can sing and I know that I can act.

I think half the time I just assume I don't really know what I'm doing - you have to do that to a certain extent, but you don't have to think you're an idiot savant.

Dressing up, for me, is looking like an idiot.

I would never dispute that I've been given a gift by God. That's something I've been raised to believe. I'm not an idiot: I know that I can sing, and I know that I can act.

To me, I don't feel like a dancer. I feel like an idiot trying to be a dancer.

Writing for TV entails saying every dumb idea that comes into your head to a room of people. And doing so with the confidence that it doesn't make you look like an idiot.

Do I feel confident about my health? I don't think that anybody ever should feel confident about their health if they are 72 years old, and getting ready to go in to the ring. If they are then they are probably some kind of an idiot and that is more than likely what I am.

I don't get hassled when I am doing a role that looks idiotic to me.

I felt like I got more comfortable on 'Idol' when I just started being myself and not trying to be what I thought I had to be.

I knew people liked me on 'American Idol,' but I didn't think they'd care to come see me sing at my own show.

I think I can sing, but that does not mean I can actually sing. I fear that I'm like one of those 'American Idol' contestants who truly believe they are good and are actually dreadful.

I'm 4 ft. 2 in. and not exactly a matinee idol.

I'm not afraid of you, 'American Idol.'

I think 'American Idol' has prepared me for anything.

I just want to show that you don't have to be changing yourself 100 percent to be someone that you're not. You don't have to change yourself to be someone like your idol. You can be someone's idol just by being you. But also, it takes a lot of work and time to be that sort of person.

When I was 16, I was doing what was popular. If I could go back, I would tell myself to not be afraid to be alone and not to follow others so much.

If I could wear sport-luxe all the time, I would.

I really wasn't even sure if I should continue acting. I would like try and figure out if I could be good enough to do it. It was like 10 or 12 years into my career before I felt like maybe I can do it. It was such a different time than now.

I'm grateful to look the way I do. However, if I could change anything, I would like to be a bit bigger all over. Not much - just a bit.

I didn't know if I could write. I was writing all these songs at home and was like, 'Maybe I can write?'

I once said to someone, 'If I could shave my head and wear no makeup and get a part just on my talent, I would be the happiest person in the world.'

I knew I could do anything I wanted to do and go anywhere I wanted to go and not have to worry if I could afford it.