Quotes About Acceptance

I don't tend to re-read things, but never say never.

We all know him: everybody has an Archie Bunker in their family, so you love to laugh at him, and you never take it personally; everybody just has a ball laughing at him.

Never think you're too good for a role, and never take yourself too seriously.

I am not afraid to ask for feedback on my work or appearance, and try to never take that advice personally.

The new age disc jockeys and program directors have accepted me as a new age artist, along with Shadowfax and the rest, and they're playing my songs.

I think a lot of the new age thinking, if you want to call it that, analytics, you have to be open to it.

Being called a new artist doesn't bother me at all.

I don't need fame any more. People are less interested in me in terms of celebrity. I'm happy to see a new generation being the media focus. I'm happy my day is done. It's over.

It used to be so important to choose what you were. Gay or straight. Male or female. I think the new generation is more fluid.

I'm not a get-off-my-lawn guy. I embrace the new generation.

I am always open to new ideas, but you can't always be right.

My rookie year, Byron Scott didn't really want to sign me. In New Jersey, the New Jersey Nets. I got there, and Byron Scott didn't really like me, but they let me come to camp and I was having a great camp. Stephon Marbury embraced me.

I have a husband and a new life and want to be normal like everyone else.

I've been with my husband and friends for so long, I've forgotten what is unappealing to new people.

My daughter had carried within her a story that kept hurting her: Her dad abandoned her. She started telling herself a new story. Her dad had done the best he could. He wasn't capable of giving more. It had nothing to do with her. She could no longer take it personally.

I'm very good in letting things go; there's always new things, and I'm a big believer in 'everything happens for a reason' kind of thing.

Not everyone is going to love you. Not everyone is going to like what you do, and you see a lot of people don't want to let go of the bands that they love. They don't want to move forward. They don't want to let new things come in; they're scared of change. They're scared of new bands taking over their genre. They're just scared of change.

As long as you have balance, you can experience all of the things going on in the world and reach out and meet people and try new things, and you shouldn't be judged for it.

Every generation is more open to new things.

I used to be very rigid because I just wanted to get through it. Now, if I think a scene should go a certain way and it goes another, I'm able to go that new way with ease.

I think the most interesting New Yorkers are the people who were not born here.

People would say, 'Can I hug you?' And I would say, 'Yes, you can hug me! We're fellow New Yorkers!'

The bosses at Newcastle basically decided they didn't want me. Ultimately, there isn't anything you can do about that. The only thing you can do is move on. But I don't think I've anything to prove.

No news is good news.