Quotes About Self-expression

If I'm shopping at the Gap or Old Navy, I'm saying that I'm an ordinary person: I don't want to be seen; I don't want to stand out. That's a statement. If I'm wearing a leather jacket, there's something about me that's kind of a rebel. So everybody says something, whether they want to or not.

My hair - that's, like, really my statement piece.

When I sit down and try to write lyrics first - I've definitely done that in the past - but most of the time, they come off as a put-on, or less genuine than you would think. I'm the kind of guy that if I overthink a sentiment or I overthink a statement, it's weird.

I don't wear a lot of jeans, which I know is a controversial statement. I just don't feel the most like myself in jeans.

At the end of the day, I'm not really trying to make a statement with any of my standup.

I don't think I'm making any great statements, and I certainly don't think I'm making art.

Fashion, historically, is how people make statements about themselves or communicate.

It didn't matter what it was. I was always making bold statements at school. Ever since I've always had a passion for clothes, shoes and that type of stuff.

I walk around every day with a radio playing constantly in my head, and this radio station plays a lot of hits. But it's all my songs, so that's something to be excited about 24 hours a day.

The 'Station to Station' film has been fascinating to create. It feels as though it made itself in a way, and after awhile, the film told us what it needed and began to sculpt itself.

In sixth grade, my status as a Boy Scout was not something I went out of my way to share. In fact, I spent most of my adolescence attempting to keep it a secret from those who might use it as a source of derision. The off-brown collared shirt and forest-green sash were not something I would have ever been caught wearing in front of my friends.

I think you owe it to yourself and you owe it to your status as an artist to be true to who you are.

I've never been very cookie cutter. If I choose something different from the status quo, it's my responsibility and my choice to live my life that way.

When it all boils down, being Courtney has forced me to be different to the status quo, which means I have gotten to decide on every choice along the way.

I stay close to my identity - that's something I find important - but I don't completely shut myself off from the outside world.

I influence myself, because I always try to be different and stay in my own lane.

I want to inspire people to be comfortable in their own skin and to stay true to themselves, no matter what.

My new song 'Shrug' I created with two guys. The idea was a message about ignoring haters. People one-up you, stay true to yourself.

Always stay true to who you are - barriers can and will be broken!

You have to stay true to yourself, and as long as you are comfortable, then no one else's opinion matters.

For me, I want to be me, stay true to that, do my thing, try to keep things simple and stay true to who I am.

If we always stay true to ourselves, people will always see that.

I want people to stay true to who they are and how they're feeling. That's the biggest rule for myself - to always be as real as I can.

I must stay true to myself and take my own path all the way.