Quotes About Self-expression

I never felt like I had to sound like my dad. I wanted my music to be creative expression with no expectations.

If my life choices had to be predicated based on what was expected of me from a community on either side, that's going to make me feel really straitjacketed, and I don't want to feel that.

I think Swaggy P's in a lane of his own. I'm one of them type of guys.

My language is what I use, and if I lost that, I wouldn't be able to say anything.

A large part of my adolescence was spent doing my very best to draw attention to myself.

People don't have the opportunity to be larger than life anymore - they're afraid of seeing it on the Internet.

I'm a late bloomer. It's taken me a long time to find my voice, and I think all the records I've made over the years, I was finding my voice, and that's part of the process.

I don't think Latino; I think like me. If that happens to be Latino, then I guess that's me. But it doesn't affect my comedy in any way.

And I always laugh at that, because I think I've always been doing what I want to do since Day 1.

I don't talk to myself or anything, but sometimes I say things and I laugh at myself. Sometimes you have to make fun of yourself.

I love acting and really think that's what I want to do. It's weird seeing myself up there, but I'm used to it now. But otherwise, I have backups. Doctor, lawyer.

If I dress up, I am encouraging men to look at me and if I don't, I am lazy.

When I first started out, there were times I would dress or act in a way because I thought it was expected of me or that people would take me more seriously. But once I started leading in a way that was authentically me, that is when I really started to see success.

I guess I'm lucky I learned quite young not to really care what people say. I've learnt young to take a stand if I feel like something's wrong.

I think people took a while to accept me for who I am, and I've learnt to articulate myself better when on camera.

Women should look at themselves and decide for themselves what color or length they should wear.

I always thought 'plus-size' wasn't a term that was negative - it wasn't something that I felt was something that was making me any different or making me feel like I was lesser than - and I found a community through it.

My mother set us to an activity and let us be.

My boys asked me to write beautiful letters for their ex-girls so they could get them back. I thought, 'I should be writing songs for myself.'

I've always been very liberal when it comes to people thinking for themselves.

I was making more electronic and synth-based music, and when I changed my name, it helped me grow and liberate myself a little bit.

It's very liberating to cut your hair.

Getting to be authentic is so liberating.

Being in front of the camera was very liberating for me.