Quotes About Autonomy

I've had a different kind of career on the periphery of show business. I've never been on any kind of corporate timetable whereby every six months I have to pop out a record like a pulping mill. I've called my own shots. When I get tired, I take time off.

I just don't think the title 'MJ's daughter' fits me.

After a world title run, you can't really call someone else your leader.

People will put restrictions on your ability, on your aptitude, on your talent, on your character, and to be honest, it's just opinion. Don't let anyone put you in a box or draw your path for you.

I've got no timetable. I'm sort of sick of timetables, to be honest.

Don't try to be anybody else, because that's what I do. I do me. I'm not trying to impress anybody. I'm not trying to please my pastor at church. I'm not trying to even please my mom, to be honest.

I don't really want to control anyone, to be honest.

I don't really want followers, to be honest; that's what Twitter is for. I want people who can make their own decisions and look after their own departments.

Why do I manage myself? I don't trust anyone else to do it, to be honest.

To be honest, I'm selfish as an artist. I'm doing what I want to do and what I want to hear.

I'm responsible for what I am and what I want to be. I'm not trying to live by another's standards.

Like most people, I wanted and still want to live by my own rules.

I hate this idea that you have to love somebody because they are your family. Nobody can tell me what I'm supposed to feel and who I am supposed to feel it for.

If I were offered a cochlear implant today, I would prefer not to have one. But that's not a statement about hearing aids or cochlear implants. It's about who you are.

The toddler craves independence, but he fears desertion.

The toddler must say no in order to find out who she is. The adolescent says no to assert who she is not.

My message to women is it's okay not to toe the party line on every issue. You don't have to be a puppet or a mouthpiece for your party on every issue. You can be an independent thinker; you can take it issue by issue, and that's okay. You shouldn't be told, 'You can't sit with us.'

Just because I have signed a contract doesn't mean that he or she has bought me from head to toe.

I don't toe the party line all the time.

My man has to be passionate about his work and me. Also, he should give me my space and not keep me on my toes.

You can flush my ashes down the toilet, for all I care.

Drone attacks are against the national sovereignty and a challenge for the country's autonomy and independence. Therefore, we won't tolerate these attacks in our territorial jurisdictions.

No, I don't tolerate pressure from anyone about anything.

Being the one-woman label that I am takes a toll on you; you have to do everything.