Quotes About Self-expression

It's a great compliment to be compared to Michael Jackson, but people are starting to realize now that I'm just me, and that's all I want to to be.

I used to sing as a kid, but it was quite squeaky. I think I was about 19 or 20, and we used to go to these jam sessions and open mics. I just got the courage to sing one day. I don't think anyone expected it to sound like that.

There's only one Luke James, and I make damn sure that you know that.

Before I knew it, I was singing, 'I'm so tired of being alone,' and that's Al right there. From then, my attitude was, 'Let Otis be Otis and James be James. I'm not going to emulate them anymore.'

It's all about being comfortable, being easy and having you be able to wear something and not having it wear you. It's classic. Every time I've tried to be bold and crazy, I feel like a Japanese animated cartoon character.

Sometimes I'll dress like a boy, sometimes I'll dress like a Japanese crazy teenybopper. I have clothes from the 7th grade that I've kept and still wear.

My life isn't going to be about Jar Jar Binks.

I may not be as lyrically adept as Jay-Z and Morrissey, but at least I can sing what I feel.

Growing up I wasn't allowed to wear makeup in school, so all my friends would have like lipstick and eyeliner on, and I wasn't allowed to. So I was always jealous.

I will always and forever be a high-waisted jean short fanatic.

If I ever get married myself, it'll be in jeans.

Not every man can wear jeans.

'Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On' was my anthem as a child. It was about me. I was Baby.

I didn't wear jeans for, like, a decade of my life.

I'm the girl who will show up in jeans no matter what - but the jeans can get fancier and fancier.

I wore ripped jeans and headbands before people wore that. I've been this guy ever since.

While I think men in general should not fuss over how they look, I do feel as though they should make more an effort to find a way to look good in their own individual, but natural way. I think it's a shame that it's become acceptable to wear jeans and a T-shirt to any place and function.

I wear girls' jeans because I've got girl legs.

My relationship with fashion has always been that each of us stars in our own movies and costumes ourselves to play the part we want. You take blouses and jeans and dresses, and you put them together, and they tell your story.

I could wear a dress one day and boyfriend jeans the next. I usually just want to make sure I'm comfortable.

I've been in T- shirts and jeans since I was a kid. I don't have to show you a bunch of my skin for you to listen to my songs.

I've gone from wearing jeans and cowboy boots to wearing miniskirts and gold tassels and high heels. I'm sure I'm not going to dress that way forever. It's going to change again and again.

The image is never created by you. It's created by the media, by the people around you. In my real-life self, I would be without make up and in jeans and a T-shirt. But when I'm outside, I'm dressed up. It's not because I enjoy doing it.

Me and my friends, we wear jeans and no make-up. And people still love us.