Quotes About Independence

Either you live by the barometer of the music critics, or you live by your own. I choose the latter.

I don't have to talk about critics - I don't care.

I'm not worried about what the critics say, or how they feel I should go with my career.

I don't listen to the critics.

I don't really care about the critics or when people talk good about me. It can't affect you. I'm one to trust myself and to look for more.

Soon, I'm going to need help crossing the street.

I have never asked the crowd for their approval, and I will never start.

I was never part of the crowd.

I will always do what I want to do and I won't go with the crowd.

I understand it's difficult but you've got to think about yourself, you know, and not just follow the crowd.

I like that I can stand out from the crowd.

I have to be me, which is, don't like a lot of crowds, don't like a lot of attention - kind of being by myself.

If you always have a crutch, you don't learn anything.

If I want to put makeup on, then, cool, I'll do that. But it's not going to be my crutch.

A lot of people cry and complain and put their hand out and beg. It never goes well.

I'm blessed with being quite secure - not necessarily about my looks, but if someone says, 'I don't like what you're wearing,' I am never going to go and cry about it. I think that does come with age, though.

I am Fidel Castro and we have come to liberate Cuba.

I don't want anything from Cuba. I want them to be free and enjoy the things I enjoy.

Because he'll take me to Cuba and I don't want to go to Cuba.

When you're in your mid-thirties, the cult of people who have children around you all want you in their cult, and they constantly ask you, 'So when are you going to have a baby?'

You have to support the government, not to me personally; I do not want anyone cultivating loyalty to me. I don't like that.

I've learned not to look at reviews. Early on, I did. I was always curious.

I was a latchkey kid, so when I saw the 'Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous,' that showed me that there was a different type of lifestyle out there. I was curious about it and amazed about it.

I hate the idea of having to conform with what's current and what sounds good on radio at the moment.