Quotes About Self-awareness

There's no question that I'm African-American. OK? I'm a black man. We're not going to escape that.

When I did 'Frantic,' I didn't have a lot of experience. My English was so bad, and I did an OK job, I think, but I was not amazing.

It's OK to joke about yourself and have self-perspective, but, like, when you constantly put yourself down to get other people to tell you you're good, that annoys me. Have confidence!

Self-hatred is OK. I have self-hatred, too. It's OK. What's bad is if you don't know how to get out of it, don't know how to manage it. Self-hatred is, in fact, a good thing if you can clearly see the mechanism of it, because it helps you to understand others.

I felt that some of my work was OK. If I could do it over, I'd do better.

Sometimes when I go out on the road, I feel almost embarrassed or dismayed because I can't be the image of what kids want me to be. So I just try to be myself, and usually that works out OK.

The coolest person to yourself is yourself, and we're like nerds, and we love to be smart, and that's okay.

If you can figure out where you fit into any particular story, you'll be okay. When you're not quite sure where you fit in, you try to be too many parts of the story. You gild the lily. I see it all the time.

I like women who are okay with who they are.

I don't compare myself to anyone else; I don't make comments about anyone else because they do what feels right for them, and that's okay by me.

Celebrity is okay as long as you know it's not about you.

I'm a big old egotistical baby and that's okay. I can accept it.

I know I'm not the 'Indie It Girl' and I'll never have a big breakout, big runaway success. And that's okay.

I look in the mirror every morning, okay. What is going on here? You know, I just say, 'Look, it's sheer insanity.'

I'll never be immune to criticism, and that's okay, and I'm very comfortable with that.

I'm okay with having bad dance moves.

I'm definitely stereotyped, and I'm very okay with that.

I always thought that I was okay with arithmetic.

I'm a humble guy, okay?

I think the first time I tried to write a romantic song, it was just horrendously embarrassing. I remember thinking, 'Okay, I'm not going to do that anymore.' I think that sort of embarrassed me for the next 10 years.

Sometimes you have to be okay with what you are to the world, where you are in the world, and make the most of it.

I've gotten crankier in my old age.

I never forget my old days and I never fly too high I have my feet fixed firmly on the ground!

I realize that I'm a mature woman and one of these days, incredible diet or not, I'll be a little old lady.