Quotes About Self-expression

I've never felt the constraints of social acceptability.

I have never felt the constraints of social acceptability.

I started to understand that for me, art was no longer about self-expression but about creative engagement with the world. I started to respond in an excited way to making work inside an industry and not feeling the constraints of audience expectation as some kind of thing that I should avoid.

I'm not going to conform to some consumer need.

I have always enjoyed dressing up, but I don't do it as often as I would want to, because it's time consuming.

You can't care what anybody else thinks - even though your life is out there maybe for a bit of public consumption.

I had this contract to write songs for people when I was about 18. I don't think any of them were taken up; I was a complete failure at it! But I've kept doing it, writing little songs for myself.

The essential problems remain the same... The kids I write about are asking for the same things I wanted. They want two contradictory things. They want to be the same as everyone else, and they want to be different from everyone else. They want acceptance for both.

I prefer wearing no makeup anyway, because I like the contrast when you go out at night and you look different. I actually feel more confident with less makeup than I do with makeup on.

I like to be controlled, but that doesn't mean controlled like a dog.

I think if I'm controversial it's not because I set out to be. It's because I've never felt comfortable being part of someone else's mainstream community.

There's not a lot of conversation going on in my world about softening my image. I'm pretty much who I am.

I wanted to convey the message of how I do what I want and how I run my own business, and I'm a woman in charge. I want all of my fans to know that that's possible and feel empowered when they listen to my music.

Sexiness is about being an individual and having conviction about what that is.

If I am comfortable doing work in a certain way, then I will do it my way with conviction.

Most people feel like they're out of step, so just have the conviction to go your own way.

When I left Sacred Heart, I definitely had the conviction of my own opinions in terms of not thinking twice to ask a question. That was key to giving me the confidence to think analytically and voice opinions and put myself out there.

It is not easy to pull off your shirt, bare your torso and go beyond it. It needs a lot of conviction. You have to be comfortable in your skin.

It's like half the campaign of selling a record is trying to convince people that you're an artist. Well, I am an artist. This is what I do.

When it comes to the personal essays I write, I just convince myself that no one will ever read them.

It's not always about convincing your parents of what you want to do, but just saying, 'This is what I'm doing; this is what I love.'

I don't know how convincing I'd be as a soul cat. I'm a scrawny British kid.

As always, I wrote songs. Some people cook or play sports. This is what I love to do. Sometimes I can't express myself that well in talk, so I write songs.

I cook what I like.