Quotes About Validation

I hate it when other people think they're better than you because they know your name because they can Google you.

You can feel like, 'I look really bad', but to other people you can be really gorgeous.

I'll wear one dress and someone will be, 'That's a gorgeous dress.' But my mother will be, like, 'What were you wearing? It looked like a chicken.'

I grew up with gossip mags commenting on how I looked.

So many times, I watch games and think, 'Man, why is that guy trying to score like that? He can't do it.' But he's been told his whole life, 'You have to go get 40 if you want to be one of the top dogs.' It's my goal to build a lane where you can be a top dog, and you don't gotta go get that 40. You can go get four and still be a top dog.

We haven't really gotten the credit for what we have done.

I've finally gotten to a place where I can say, 'You know what? You didn't think I could do it, people.' But I did it.

Look, let's be honest. No one is interested in seeing me act. My bare arms, legs, front and back grab more attention than how I perform on screen.

Had I not made it big, my family would have told me to recheck my decision. Now that I am successful, there is no way. They have to accept it gracefully.

When I was growing up, I'd study for days trying to get good grades. When I'd get an 'A,' I'd feel elation for about 30 seconds, and then a feeling of emptiness.

There are musicians who wait all their lives for this award while for me it came with my first album. People have started acknowledging my work because of the Grammy.

Never in my life have I thought, 'Man, I gotta get a Grammy.'

Maybe I'll never get the Grammy. But maybe I will get things that are worth much, much more than any Grammy which could stand on my shelf.

I don't measure my success anymore by the Grammys. I can't because I'll just end up crushed.

You go to the Grammys and you say, 'I don't care if I win or not,' and of course you care.

Why do we want to win an award? Yes, my grandmother would be very proud, but I think it's also so people can hear, 'Oh, this show won an award. I guess it's good. I should watch it now.'

Even when my grandparents compliment me, I don't like when they do that.

When you don't take what you have for granted, you constantly try to re-prove yourself to yourself rather than to other people.

I didn't know I was cool, but I was very flattered that some of the younger comedy writers came up to talk to me at the Emmys. I found that gratifying.

It's gratifying to be taken seriously, always.

It's always kind of gratifying to go back to the place that launched you and show you did good.

I'm a great believer in my ability, but I've not had the chance to prove it.

Every time I have a song that does well, that's a great feeling to have.

If everyone loves you for the person you are, let alone your music is incredible, I think that's a really great place to be.