Quotes About Self-acceptance

Lots of songs aren't even from my experiences, but they're about accepting... the dark things about yourself.

I always was really confident about myself, about my voice, myself as a person, my body, all of those things, but as a songwriter - I just didn't identify as a songwriter at all.

I love my complexion, but like so many of us, in the early years at primary school, I grew up thinking that my dark skin wasn't a great thing. I've found freedom in music and songwriting, which has given me a freedom in how I present myself. I'm glad I've got makeup to celebrate that with.

My motto is to help people love themselves sooner. I can't teach them how to do that. They have to figure that out on their own - that's their journey.

For me, if there's something I don't like about myself, I'll accept it - the sooner you can accept it, then you can work on making it better.

Implants were something I thought I wanted when I was younger, and now I don't. It was hard being active with them, because my chest was always sore. It hurt a lot, and I didn't like always being in pain, so they had to go!

I'm not sorry for who I am.

I just want to be myself, and I really, like, can't say I'm sorry for it. I just can't.

I'm done saying 'I'm sorry I wasn't who you needed or wanted me to be' to everybody in my life.

I'm consumed with what I didn't do. I know I should've come out sooner, and I'm sorry for that.

I used to blame myself for a lot of things, and I apologise loads. I don't do it any more, but when I was in the studio - and it was my song - I'd say 'sorry' every time I got a note wrong.

I'm very genuine to who I am, and I'm sorry if people don't like me now.

I would like to see sexiness sort of embodied in people's real bodies, as opposed to those bodies that are just full of narcissism.

I would never have achieved what I've achieved now if I hadn't sorted myself out from the inside. It's all about who I am, not the way I look.

This isn't meant to make me sound interesting and rock 'n' roll, but I wouldn't want to live with me a lot of the time.

I used to be mad, at first, that I couldn't sound like Ice Cube. And I think that was probably one of the best things for me.

It sounds gross to say that I like myself more. But not everyone likes themselves that much. Especially in the comedy world.

I just realized the best way to live your life is to just be you, as cliche as it sounds. I grew up trying to please everyone.

This sounds really lame, but I'm pretty proud of my feet.

As you can see from 'Symptomatic of a relationship gone sour' I have definitely done my fair share of sinning, so I just want to recount my story and how I have come to terms with myself.

There's no way I can represent for everyone. I can't represent for all women or all big women or all black women. It's important for people not to make celebrities their source of who they should be in life. I can't take on the pressure of being perfect. Nobody is.

Life experiences with oppression and homophobia often become internalized and can have detrimental effects on the development of positive sexual identity for Southern black gay men.

Be exactly who you are. You can fit in any space you see yourself in. Be fearless.

If you dream of becoming perfect, you never will.Be satisfied with being imperfect and that will make you perfect.