Quotes About Independence

My greatest inspiration... is my mum, who had a baby at the age of 42 and is still so fit, independent and beautiful.

I admire my mother for being a single mum. It's ridiculously hard.

It was just me and my mum growing up, and my mum's always said that's why I'm so mature. We were best friends, and if it wasn't for her, I wouldn't even have started athletics, because she wanted me to have a hobby.

Mum and Dad were both happy for me to do what I wanted.

Mum and Dad paid me 50 pence, which was a lot of money when I was 8 years old, not to dye my hair.

After my mum and dad got divorced, I was entitled to free school dinners, but my mum said, 'Under no circumstances,' because she was proud.

As a child, I was always getting into risky situations with the potential to hurt myself, but mum and dad never stopped me doing what I wanted to do, and they assumed that if I fell and hurt myself, I would learn from that and maybe not do it again.

Initially, I was scared of living alone in a big city like Mumbai, which is nothing like Bangalore. I'm more comfortable now; it feels like a home away from home.

I was 19 when I made my Bollywood debut with 'Ekk Deewana Tha,' and all alone in Mumbai. I would be easily affected by all that was said or written about me.

I'm a loner, and I'm most comfortable living by myself, but Bengaluru is home for me, as my family is there. Having said that, once you come to Mumbai, you can't turn your back on it. I've grown close to Mumbai now.

Mumbai is the kind of place where you learn how to be street smart... unless you're way too overprotected.

When I first moved to Mumbai, I shared a flat with 12 boys.

Everybody has to go through a struggle period, and I was no different. When I came to Mumbai from Delhi, I didn't know anybody, and all my relationships had to be built up from scratch, including my work relationships.

It was extraordinary living in Mumbai, navigating my course, understanding how to manage my finances on my own, mapping out my daily expenses.

My mother used to call me everyday after moving to Mumbai and would tell me to take up this course or join some distance learning course and to please do my Masters, but, yeah... I didn't do it.

I came to Mumbai in 2000 and have lived alone for 20 years.

My whole family is in Bengaluru and I have nothing but my ambitions to live with in Mumbai.

See, I hold myself through my own muscle strength. That is why I'm built like Arnold Schwarzenegger.

I didn't have time to be anybody's muse; I was too busy rebelling against my parents and learning to be an artist.

Also, I am driven by a wonderful muse called alimony.

We have listened too long to the courtly Muses of Europe.

The Law and Justice government does not want a bunch of foreign historians to decide what goes on in 'their' museum.

Some musicians make and record music; other musicians play in a band... I just make and record music, and I don't feel a part of anything in any music business.

I started my music career at 18 and for a long while I let other people handle my affairs.