Quotes About Independence

I like being able to own things, to not have to depend on music to support myself. Music hadn't supported me since 2000. I mean, it really hasn't. I just do it because I love doing it.

I've supported myself since 'Tigerland.'

My mother supported me from the beginning and never said you should be an activist or civil rights leader or minister.

My parents' concern has been one of my greatest assets - I needed something to kick against. If they'd supported me every step of the way I might not have had enough fire in my belly to get where I have. Then I think: was this whole thing reverse psychology, did you really go to those lengths?

I have learned as a child of a single mother who worked and supported four young children to take things in stride, enjoy the moment and the people around you who are helping you get through the day the best you can and helping you to building a future that you can be proud of.

I probably do better when I'm in charge. But it's good to be able to be a part of something and be a supporter and help make a project work.

I'm a great supporter of women who take risks and don't make victimhood into an art. It's not good for women, and it's not good for men. Too many men put all their emotional eggs in one basket - a woman's basket.

I'm a strong supporter of states' rights to do what they need.

I'm a big supporter of women doing anything they want to do!

I believe in supporting African solutions to African problems.

I'm not really that interested in going back to playing small supporting roles.

Look, you've got a generation of people coming along who are going to form their own new relationship with the idea of supporting the causes that they care about or changing the world. And these people are not going to do it the way our parents do it.

I've always been a workhorse, and I've been supporting myself since I was 15.

In high school, I played football and became an all-American offensive lineman, but my father hadn't been to any of my games. In those instances, you still hold your head up high. But, when you look up into the stands and you see everyone else's parents cheering and supporting, you have to just stay focused and push through.

When I was growing up, nobody was really supporting me, especially in L.A.

My parents have always been very supportive. I didn't go to school because my home was my school.

I come from a middle class family, and my parents weren't too supportive of my career choices.

I think being raised by a single mother put me on the outside, and I would watch my mother's married friends and think, 'Why does she put him down in public?' or, 'Why is he so rude to her?' It seemed to me that there were very few marriages where the couple were genuinely in a supportive, loving partnership.

You try to get out there and live. I've always had good friends who've been very supportive and help make me feel good and grounded because I've never felt attached to the film industry.

I did not want to be an engineer or be in information technology, and my parents were supportive of my decision.

Graduate school is a really supportive environment, but in a way, it was only when that support vanished that I flourished.

I definitely don't want someone who's controlling. I don't want someone who feels like they can skirt around being supportive. To me, a partner is someone who has your back no matter what.

I grew up in a very literate, very independent household where people spoke their ideas and were very supportive of helping each other find their own way.

I'm an only child raised by a single mom. She's always been supportive of what I wanted to do.