Quotes About Self-discovery

Stand-up wasn't a calling. It was more like, 'What can I do that isn't going to make me really depressed?'

I came close to depression, but when I started to feel I could really lose myself, I somehow escaped it.

I did two years of walking the street and soul-searching. During that time I lived off $37.50 a week - that was $2.50 a week more than my Dad made during the Depression.

I've looked inside myself, and I'm rather happy with what I found. I've discovered my depth, and I am not afraid to be alone in this world anymore.

The Internet gave me the sense that there were words to describe my feelings and medical terms.

There's not one path for everyone, but everyone deserves a path that's right for them.

I make me. At 18, I decided I wasn't going to have an unconstructed self ever. I was going to be the composer, the designer, the architect of me. It's been really fun.

Being a rather second-rate actress, I finally thought, 'I'd rather be a designer.' I knew I could make things look good.

I think the whole idea of me was that I wasn't going to be but that I wanted to be, desperately.

I knew that I needed to do something that I desperately loved. There was a period where I did question if it was acting because I knew that I would be making things hard on myself. I knew that there was going to be a little bit of a hullabaloo because of my dad being who he is and all that.

I'm not desperately looking for a man, but I'm sure one of these days, I'll find my Mr. Right.

I can say that when you model,when you get to a certain age, that's it for you. I remember there was a time where I was like, 'What am I going to do with my life?' I am a high school dropout who's only modeled. So there was desperation with that.

Marriage was never a destination with me.

My first book was a car crash. I tried to find all the copies and destroy them.

I don't stay in accent or anything, but internally, I get quite dark and destroy myself a little bit. But that's what I do, and I enjoy it. It's how I do my work.

You have to learn your own details before you can teach them.

There was a time when I doubted if I would find love again. But I was determined to be happy.

I've been allowed to develop my own character, which I'm still working on.

I have always known that it comes from deep within myself. I always knew what sound I wanted, and how I wanted to play. I knew everything, it just had to be developed.

It was not cool to be that fun, bubbly kid, so I would just go off on my own and sing and make up songs, and that's how I think I developed into the kind of artist and writer that I am.

Vocally, I have learned to find my strength, and my voice has developed a lot since 'Be Here.' I learned to sing with all of my body.

My identity started developing through the songs I was writing.

I started to music when I was about 19 years old. Most people that do music, they get training, or they develop themselves before they let their music out. For myself, I was actually developing myself and putting my music out at the same time.

When you live this trans experience, there's a point and time in your life that you almost stop developing because you don't know where to go.