Quotes About Independence

I've never bothered about what people say about me.

I really don't care what people say. It's amazing that feminism continues to exist at all, considering how much counter-feminism is out there.

I can't focus on what other people say about me.

People say I'm henpecked. Well, let them say it.

I am called a gold digger all the time. I don't care. There is nothing you can do about what other people say.

I don't care what people say about me.

If you don't feel like you're ready to get your license - just because people are putting pressure on you, don't feel like you have to rush into something. Take your time, really feel confident and be ready. It doesn't matter what other people say, do what's best for you and makes you feel safe.

I don't understand why people make me want to make music that's a join-the-dots thing by numbers. I find it really difficult when people say, 'Aw, you should have made a really big hip hop record, that would have been really good for you' or, 'You should have made a song like Lily Allen, that would have been so great.'

I'm not bothered about what people say behind my back. I don't need to know about it. I believe in living my life and doing my work. God will give you success. And even if He doesn't, there's a lesson to be learnt.

People say you've got to be OK with your own company, but tell me why?

I would ask my mother to show me how to walk - and she did show me. That's why I think it's funny when people say, 'Did so-and-so teach you how to walk?' And I always say, 'You must be talking about my mother, because it was my mother who taught me how to walk.'

I am Chinese - it doesn't matter what other people say.

I am not dependent on Pep. He is a great coach, but I do not need to take the same path as him.

When I came to Arsenal, I was on a scholarship earning £80 per week away from my family.

I've stopped caring how others are going to perceive me if I wear something that they don't like.

Being bootstrapped is great. You own 100 percent of it. But the downside is that you aren't able to move as fast as you want.

When I read about young designers selling 51 percent of their company to someone else, I cringe. I want to say, 'Don't do it - call me first.'

There are a bunch of independent artists who became millionaires and they don't owe anything to anybody. They don't have to give anyone any percentage.

I deliberately try to carry a different perception of myself as opposed to my father's. I respect my dad and his body of work, but I can't give him credit for what I am today. As a person, I give my parents full credit; career-wise, no.

Ever since I left Northern Ireland, I've always been pretty comfortable on my own, which contradicts a lot of people's perceptions of me.

There can be no perfect Europe in which Ireland is denied even the least of its national rights.

I just wanted to do my own albums where nobody could tell me what to do. Roc Nation was the perfect fit because I could do what I wanted to do.

And when I was young, my family was perfectly nice. I write a lot about it, as you noticed. But it was rather limited. I think, I don't think anyone in my family would really feel I'd done them an injustice by saying that. We didn't see many people. There were many books. It was as if I wanted to get away from home.

I think it's perfectly acceptable not to run with cliques.