Quotes About Modesty

I discourage a cult of personality.

I know some people like to get up and pontificate about everything they did in the past and have a lot of long stories about that. But I'm not one of those kind of guys.

Everyone was poor. We were satisfied with a life that was simple and humble. We were a peaceful, open people.

Frankly, it's embarrassing to have a house filled with giant portraits of yourself.

I don't want to portray myself as a daredevil. I'm not at all.

I don't know how to pose or anything.

I never did a nude shoot, I always kept myself limited to bikini shoots. This, however, does not mean that I look down on individuals who pose nude for shoots.

I fly economy. I do often fly first class, but I don't travel with a posse, or bodyguard, or an assistant.

Have we gotten too full of ourselves? Possibly.

A lot of people don't know I can sing because I don't, like, post it everywhere.

I don't post my work on social media. I don't have to.

My father worked in a post office and never made probably more than $8,000 a year as an employee of the post office, so when people can rise up from very modest circumstances and do well economically, I think that's a good thing about America, and we should encourage that kind of activity.

I've always been one foot in, one foot out of this game because I'm not comfortable with being on the pedestal or the poster. That's just not who I am. I'm more like the grunt. I want to be the guy behind the guy.

I am not the kind of person who narrates every aspect of my life on social media; it's about posting things that are important to me.

I think of myself as just another consumer.

I just don't like conspicuous consumption. I find it distasteful.

Contrary to popular belief, I'm not always trying to stand out.

My ego is controlled enough that I don't have to be the focus.

I didn't want to act like I'm too cool for school or anything like that.

The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.

A lot of people will look at you and will fail to see your beauty because you're covered up and they're not used to it. So growing up, I just had to work on my people skills and give people a chance to really know me besides the clothing.

I prefer to be covered. I don't wear a lot of low-cut things. I'd rather keep the attention to my brain, my face.

I'm covered up, but I'm still getting these comments that say I shouldn't be. But the girls who wear the bikinis, they're being told they're too revealing! Enough. It's their body, their choice.

I can't take credit for the success of my songs.