Quotes About Self-doubt

I never thought of myself as a good singer.

I never thought of myself as a really particularly great singer.

When I was young, my voice was so strong, and I would annoy people because I had such a loud little voice. And then it changed, and I thought I wouldn't be able to sing again, because I thought you had to sing like Christina Aguilera to be a singer.

I've always been a singer, but I don't know if I was always a natural performer.

I'd like to be a jazz singer, but I couldn't possibly do it; nobody would want me, anyway.

I never saw myself as a singer; I never really thought I had the voice for it.

If writers, like comedians or singers, could only hear themselves bombing as they worked, it's likely that certain books would be cut short after the first few leaden sentences.

With all singers, insecurity is your best security. That's why we're such loud people and why we walk all funny. You think, 'Are people interested?' But I think our band has something and they know we don't just put albums out. We do think about it.

I didn't start singing until I was 16. I was afraid to sing in front of people.

I worry about that every single day: Am I being a good father?

I still doubt myself every single day.

I second-guess and overthink and rethink every single thing that I do.

I always felt that at the moment I was born, God must have blinked. He missed the occasion and never knew I had arrived. My parents had 11 children. While I love them and my five brothers and five sisters deeply, some days I felt lost in the litter.

I used to second guess myself all the time. I can sit there and work in circles when I'm nervous about what I'm doing.

My page is junk, because I hate putting anything to do with me on the site, it just feels wrong.

I remember one day sitting in the mirror with a saxophone, just looking at myself, being like, 'I can't do this; this is ridiculous.'

I have this part in myself that sometimes gets me into situations that can never end well, just because I want to prove to myself that I'm no good.

When I was on 'The Big Gay Sketch Show' I thought, 'Well, this is going well now, but then when it's over I'll just be a barista.'

I've never had a particular skill. I can't cook, dance, play an instrument, speak a foreign language. This used to worry me. I'd think, when I'm grown up, at 18, then I made it 21, it will be clear what role I should have in life. It never happened. I never signed on the dotted line as the sort of adult my father wanted.

I don't think I can call myself an actress yet. I just don't think my skill level is that high. I hope that with every job it gets better. But until I'm good, I can say I'm trying to be an actor, but I don't think I've completely made it.

Men display less self-doubt and lead with what seems always like a sense of force and direction. We are not as familiar with women leaders, and so we question their skills. As women, we always need to work harder to prove our competence.

I feel like I want to crawl out of my skin, especially when people start questioning me.

I was very skinny, braces; so I never thought I would be a model.

The funny thing is I'm actually really insecure. I have a lot of girl issues - 'I'm not pretty enough,' 'I'm not skinny enough' - but there is a confidence I have in what I can do. I did tend to overcompensate to cover up other insecurities that I have.