Quotes About Self-discovery

I was never really brought into the show business side of my father's life. I guess that's been a blessing and a downfall. But it's made my own work the initiation.

There are all these languages that keep people in place that conform us to a set of terms. It's why I think the whole idea of identity as something that is something of a straitjacket. That most of us like to think of as natural and innate. That we just find and go, 'Yeah, that's who I am.'

I do think that travel can be part of a journey of inner maturation, but you've got to do it right.

I like feeling like I could probably fail, because it makes me find a part of myself that I didn't really know: an inner fighter in me.

I want people to find their inner depth.

Don't try to 'fix' the child's boredom - rather, let the child find his or her inner resources.

My way of discovering of what I like was to create a restaurant list and eat my way through it, and I call it my 'inner fat girl bucket list.'

When I'm writing a new play, there's a period where I know I shouldn't be out in public much. I imagine most people who create go through something like this. You willfully loosen some of the inner straps that hold your core together.

For me, 'Pariah' is very much about that inner churn. It's about this person's emotional inner life, and that's really what I wanted to bring to 'Bessie.'

There is an amazing power getting to know your inner self and learning how to use it and not fight with the world. If you know what makes you happy, your personality, interests and capabilities, just use them, and everything else flows beautifully.

Creating art is like being sick - you bring up all your innermost thoughts, and then you have to ask yourself why you're doing it.

Working on this album has been very emotional and super personal, and creating this character 'Cry Baby' helped me deal with my own insecurities.

At any age, you are growing up at some level, but as far as maturing and growing up, a lot of that happens in your 20s: a lot of mistakes still to make and insecurities. But at around 27, I started to come into my own as a real adult.

It's interesting, the acting thing. I think it must be a deep sense of insecurity that made me want to explore other characters.

It took me a long, long time to break the chains that's inside me.

I think everyone has music inside them, and my hope is that I can help them find it.

I definitely wanted to give acting a shot. And Mom helped me decide what I should do by insisting that my decision should be based on what I thought was right for me.

I go around the country sharing my story. I aim to dare other people to go deep into their own stories and hope to inspire them to think about their own world and experiences.

Sometimes I'm not even aware of some of the issues going on with me in my life until I sit down and start kind of looking for inspiration, trying to find something that inspires that creativity.

I've learned a lot from having a public Instagram, especially from my commenters, who have, in turn, taught me a lot about myself.

Before I put 'Blue Lights' out, I deleted my Instagram and everything and started again.

For me, Instagram had become a place where I could image myself the way I found myself.

I know all this Instagram thing, looking online and wanting to look like other people, I was doing that massively. You lose yourself a bit.

I liked being married instead of the girl who's looking for a guy.