Quotes About Self-expression

If I have on a bright red lip, you'll rarely ever catch me with eyeshadow on. It's one or the other for me - pick one feature for the day and really focus on that.

I shampoo and condition with Kerastase products but rarely brush it because I'm all about the Kate Moss bed-head look.

I rarely like the music I make. It's like nothing's good enough. I just stay in my head, waiting on the next best beat, so I can do something better than what I did.

I'm not in any rat race. This allows me to take up roles that are traditionally considered risky for a heroine to essay.

I don't think that the next generation should fear just being who they are rather than confirming to an expectation of what they are meant to be.

I have always preferred to keep things to myself rather than sharing them with anyone, but I am learning that if you let it go, you feel better for it. Don't keep it all bottled up inside; don't take it all on alone.

I'd rather be real in the ring then someone who is trying to play a character.

I'd rather laugh - not fuss and fight. You can articulate your point without arguing. When you're arguing constantly, you just need to say, 'You're real cool, but you're not for me.'

I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved who I am not. Even if you're not accepted, at least you are still yourself.

I'm being my real raw self, and that's what I always preach anyway. What you see is what you get.

I will a hundred percent sell out. Because I'll always be myself... my raw, authentic self.

When I joined Instagram, I began sharing my raw photos along with my raw and honest thoughts and feelings.

My music, I feel, has always been experimental, but it had got to a point where I felt disconnected from it completely. I didn't want to be a Clark Kent/Superman: I couldn't really say, 'Well, B.o.B's the old me, and Bobby Ray's the new me.' I had to just make a point.

You know one of the things about going from modeling to acting is it's so much more fulfilling. With modeling, you get your picture taken, which is great, good for you, you know? But in acting, you're able to reach in and show a little bit more of yourself.

I think the illest thing about Wiz Khalifa is how true to himself he's always been, and I miss that from artists. Nothing about what he does ever felt like he was reaching to be something that he wasn't.

That's a song about reaching deep inside yourself where you can completely be who you are.

I'm very practical. What I'm reaching for is individualism for women.

For me, 'Atmosphere' was more about looking inwards and reaching out to people close to me. To emphasize the fact that I'm singing on the first single, this album is really more about me and songs that I've written instead of collaborating with people.

I live my everyday life as a person, and I react to my photos from a certain distance. When I look at a photo, I detach myself and look at it as a product - not as me, Isabella.

The process of coming out is normally very disappointing. It's not that people react badly to it - they really don't care.

I've never really been a character on TV. I think, if possible, you want to portray yourself. If you're in a situation where you're supposed to react, you need to react.

You decide how to show up, and you'd better come correct: the way you look, what you say, how you act and react. No excuses! Get in front of the mirror and own what you see. You may have to drag your fabulousness out of hiding, but it's there.

I am not like Hitchcock, directing the reaction of the public or the audience. I don't like that. I think this is some kind of fascism - 'You need to react like that.' No. No. It's not like this; everyone needs to react as he can.

If I feel like making something, if I feel like saying something on the track, that's what I am going to do - regardless of reaction.