Quotes About Self-expression

Dance really built my confidence on stage. I'm still a shy person. But I have a lot more confidence than I did when I started.

I was quite a shy person growing up, and drag was very much a shield for me to perform behind.

I've gotten over my shyness from many years of doing public events.

I'm kind of shy, and I think that I take that out by performing in front of a lot of people. That's how I get out my shyness.

I cover my shyness by being exactly the opposite. You know, really loud and very Italian. I am an extremely insecure and fragile person, and only the people that really know me know that. But I push myself.

I'm very shy so I became very outgoing to protect my shyness.

I was the middle of five children, and we were five very opinionated siblings. That probably pushed me to learn to speak up for myself.

I didn't want to be the best at anything; I just wanted to blend in. And that was kind of my existence throughout my family experiences at home of just kind of blending in in the background through my other siblings, which was easy to do.

I was sick of waiting for people to jump on hooks for songs I produced. So I tried singing myself, and I haven't looked back.

If I show up without brows, it means I'm sick, I'm dying, or both my arms are broken.

You've got to be very conscious of what people see. If I saw somebody every day, I would get sick of them. Most guys think, 'If I can get on TV every day and give that quote, I'm going to be golden.' It's not about that. It's about showing people you can be yourself.

After 'Blankets,' I was sick of drawing myself and doing this autobiographical, mundane, Midwestern sort of comics. I wanted to create something bigger than myself and outside myself.

As a person, I have a lot of different sides to me, and I genuinely just embrace them. I don't think, 'Oh, I gotta put on my cool face now!'

I go through regular problems. It's funny - there's still two sides to me: the normal one and the work one. I feel like I'm pulling a Hannah Montana.

I had a faux-hawk for a while and I used to buzz the sides and design it. It was really bad.

There are two different sides of my personality, much like everyone has two different sides of their personality. I mean, it's a profession... It's something that I do. And I'm not Erika Jayne 24 hours a day.

When I was a model, I started with an opinion, but was encouraged to lose it. It began as play-acting, but then I lost sight of myself a bit: so when I did the audition for 'Popworld' and they asked my opinion, I felt like crying with happiness.

My skin's not a normal sight.

I'm always afraid that I'm being unprofessional, yet I continue to sign all my e-mails 'xoxo.'

When we say 'trans is beautiful' or 'being trans is the best,' that is a truth we created for ourselves that's clearly not true in every signal we get from the world around us.

I'm against a signature look, as that can be very outdating. But having said that, I also know my best qualities, so I'm not going to foolhardily give away my power.

Think about what you like and then think about why - was it the shape? The hem length? And then repeat over and over until you find your signature style. And if you ever get sick of your signature style... change it! That's the beauty of fashion.

I always wear my signature 5- to 5-and-a-half-inch heels.

When I rock my signature afro look, I feel like I'm channeling my inner '70s Cynthia.