Quotes About Self-expression

I spent a lot of my life holding back my cries, and I want to change that because it's not good for me.

I'm not big on plastic surgery for me but I don't fault it for someone who wants it for them. You have to do what makes you feel good, but it's not my thing.

Our dreams are expressions of our inner beauty. I've learned that it's completely okay to want whatever you want.

Man, my girl is one tough chick when she wants to be. I wonder if it has something to do with those big, comfy granny panties she's got on.

One of the things I'm most proud of about myself is my ability to fail in front of the world. You have to have that attitude when you want to experiment in art, in music, in writing, or in fashion.

If I wear bright colors or something, I'll tie all my hair back. I don't want to look too like 'Girls Next Door.'

I've recorded a lot of vocals so far and I think they're kinda still in my own world, but I do have that urge sometimes. You want to push yourself to do other things.

Style is all about your individual sense of how you want to present yourself to the world. It's about loving what you've got instead of wishing for what you're not.

I find it hard to think of myself as selling books. I don't even have a Web site. I want to sit and write, not sell.

Most people want to be seen or heard. You want to shine. That's my way of shining.

It's important for me to be free and know I'm acting for myself. I do things because I want to, and that's important. You want to be your own person.

People can try to make me into anything they want, but I think they're really throwing around language but saying the same thing.

I'm my own "ideal reader" in the sense that I write novels that I would want to read.

My working life is me doing what I want to do. This is that. I've made movies that people don't go to see.

The surroundings householders crave are glorified autobiographies ghost-written by willing architects and interior designers who, like their clients, want to show off.

I'm intrigued and drawn to people who know exactly who they are, who know what they want, who live life on their own terms.

In school if you're different that's uncool. But I try to maintain confidence in who I am...because...you know...I don't really want to change it.

And, honestly, if somebody wants to criticize me for not being a trainwreck, that's fine with me!

I've decided to do what I want to do in life and follow my own path as an artist, so I've decided not to participate in any sort of nostalgia in which I'm marginalized as a pop icon of yesteryear.

I understand the all black or all white look (to be perfectly blunt, it's easy and you don't have to think about it very much) but would any of us really want to be one of those people?

I've become more confident in who I am as an artist and as a person. I know what I want and am not afraid to voice it in the studio. Or in life. Take it or leave it!

I used to want to be a singer and a musician for years, from 6 years old to today. I'm not really good, but in time I could be. I'm more of a singer than anything.

I think there's something that happens at 40 where you settle into your own skin and you stop caring what people think - you realize life is a gift from God and you want to live it to the fullest.

What is the art world? I never really understood. I started doing this stuff to do what I want to do. Not to be this or that.