Quotes About Validation

I never get tired of hearing compliments.

I'm tired of proving myself.

I am tired of being in an industry that doesn't appreciate me.

If I'm tired of me, I'm sure the public is as well.

I'm tired of justifying what I've said.

I'll never get tired of being told I sound like Waylon Jennings, but I don't hear it myself.

I don't really care too much about what people who don't care about me say about me, but a lot of times, you know, I get tired of defending myself.

'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print. A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.

'Musician' is not a very respected title. I'm not a musician.

When I won the NXT women's title from Natalya at Full Sail, becoming the second-ever woman's champion for NXT, that's when I knew, 'Okay, I'm doing the right thing,' and that I could do this.

People probably don't give me the credit I deserve for holding the Strikeforce title, but the people who do know, know.

Once I have beaten Mormeck, I don't feel there'll be anything left to prove. After winning the world title, I will be recognised as the No. 1 cruiserweight in the world.

People say, 'Pep won in Barca, but it was boring,' or, 'Pep won in Bayern, but it was boring.' I understand that. But games won, goals scored, goals conceded, titles... sorry, guys, it was good!

Now, with all my world titles, I am very happy because I can say to all those people that what I chose to do was good for me.

I think you can overthink dealing with fame. To an extent, you've got to put yourself out there, but I feel like your work should really speak for itself, and I don't feel the need to go and make everyone like me because, to be honest, I'm not looking to be friends with the world. I'd much rather people watch the things that I'm in.

Everybody, as soon as they do a good experiment, their first thought in this lab is, 'That can't be right. I must have screwed it up. What did I do wrong?' And that's the best kind of scientist because they're filled with this self-doubt. And if I'm going to be honest, that's who I am. And it's what drives me.

I don't really like being recognised, to be honest. People say nice things and stuff, but I'm not really in it for that side of things. I just want to play music.

You can't please everyone. You're not an avocado. Not everyone's going to love you.

I don't feel that I have achieved anything, I just want people to love my songs.

A lot of times black folks look for love in all the wrong places. You're always looking for somebody to love you, be accepted, and there's the insecurities that are even transmitted through rap. Everyone is trying to aim to please too much.

When you have these huge personalities at home you have to keep proving yourself to survive.

To survive in this industry, you need to prove yourself. Stardom follows.

You have to prove yourself every day. You have to live for today.

You do not get gold stars for cleaning your toilet. In actual life, there is a depressing lack of stickers.