Quotes About Identity

I think that our goal in Good Charlotte is just to be Good Charlotte, and whatever happens, whatever that means, we don't even know, and make music and whatever.

People think of the Charlotte Hornets, and they think of me.

Charlotte means a lot to me. This city has embraced me - allowed me to be who I am, allowed me to grow as a man.

The city of Charlotte has become our family and this forever will be home.

I'm always amazed... I took my 11-year-old to an oceanography camp, and these girls came over to me, and my son was like 'Oh here we go, Dad,' because they had been looking. They were like, 'You're the guy, aren't you?' And I said, 'Well, maybe.' They said, 'He is, he's the guy on 'Charmed!'

I couldn't be as charming as my mother or as smart as my father. So I decided to be bad.

I always wanted to be the first true Latino to break the American barrier, to be on the American charts.

I worry about people who sell out to chase fame because when they get it, it might not be so satisfying.

Asian fans chase me and shout; it is different in England.

Just being famous feels cheap to me.

How can I go from this poor college kid one day and the next day get a check for $7 million. How's that going to affect me?

I am a black woman, last time I checked.

I'm so grateful to be Ghanaian, with this deep, deep skin that is just glowy. Light bounces off my cheekbones and my shoulders, no matter the season.

To see fans cheering your name, that's shocking. I'm like, 'Wait, how do you know who I am?'

I have been a ballerina, a cheerleader and a sorority girl. I was the girliest girl alive.

I was a real loner in high school, even though people assume I was the head cheerleader.

From the earliest age, I was just different. I think that's part of every writer's little revenge. You think, 'I'm not a blonde, blue-eyed cheerleader but I'm going to get out of here and do something.'

Sometimes 'Rookie' is written about like, 'Finally! Something for alternative girls!' and I'm like, 'No!' Obviously it's not for everyone, but I used to think that there are cheerleaders, and there are art kids.

I would love to make my entire career as the guy who did not get cheered. Of course, I'm still going to get cheered by people who think they're smart, and that's fine - they're acknowledging how good I am at my job - but I don't want cheers; I want the boos. I love it.

A Dutchman can't easily get away from cheese. I was dropped into a cauldron of cheese when I was young.

I didn't listen to Girls Aloud growing up - no way. Too cheesy, man!

It's really cheesy, but basically, 'Roots' got me to find out my own roots.

It sounds really cheesy, but as a woman, I feel like I sort of found myself.

A lot of my friends at home call me 'Chef G.'