Quotes About Identity

It's hard to be in the shadow of a Beyonce.

I'm a Rihanna, Beyonce kind of person.

We're all trying to be Beyonce and Sheryl Sandberg at the same time.

I've never had the passion of wanting to be the next Monica or Beyonce or anything like that.

I'm not Beyonce or Trey Songz or anything, so every now and again, I feel a little like, 'Are they listening to me, or am I just sounding crazy singing to myself?' I feel like that sometimes.

This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. I have what it says I have. I can do what it says I can do.

The Bible says, as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.

I didn't grow up reading the Bible.

If being a skateboarder were a personality type and not actually an athletic activity, then I'd say I'm a skateboarder. But I don't ride one. I'm a bicycle person.

I eventually got to the point where I was like, 'Well, if I can't believe in the Big Bang Theory and be a good Christian, then maybe I'm not a good Christian.'

I'm a big believer in Europe.

I'm a big believer in that I'm here for a reason, and I don't want to forget where I'm from.

I'm pretty sure that the world doesn't know that I am a 'Big Brother' superfan.

I think 'Celebrity Big Brother' is one of the most important shows on TV because we get to see people for who they really, really are and you've only got to look at.

I love Chicago. I love the big city. But, remember, I come from a town, Lovington, N.M., that only has 8,000 people.

My dad is Chinese/Malaysian and my mum is Austrian, so food was always a big deal in our house.

I was a creative kid; I wasn't really into sports, and sports in the South are a pretty big deal. It's like a religion down there.

People make such a big deal about how people in bands look, especially if you're a girl.

I find it sad that people think it's a political, gender-bending thing, because, really, I'm just singing about guys. There's a million guys singing about girls, and no one makes a big deal of it.

I love that my fashion is such a big deal.

Well, I think most people understand that there's a big difference between who you are and who, you know, you play.

I grew up as a child actress, not a child star. I was an actress - big difference.

There was nothing to aspire to, no one to honor. Sojourner Truth wasn't a big enough role model for me. I couldn't go around abolishing slavery.

Certainly part of being from a big family is that you have to shout to make yourself heard.