Quotes about Individuality

But when you see yourself as an individual first, you are freed to think for yourself, and you become internally self-sufficient. You start to break free from the bonds of racial conformity, and you start to see the good and bad in everyone, irrespective of their color. You start to be less angry, and as you let go of anger you are empowered to love God, your family, and your country.

I started being me about the songs, not writing objectively, but subjectively. I think it was Dylan who helped me realize that - not by any discussion or anything, but by hearing his work.

Your work speaks for you. Your art defines you.

You are far more likely to do your best work if you are willing to delight a few as opposed to soothe the masses.

There's only one of me. With you using the why in the center of your work helps me.

I really think I am where I am in spite of my training, not because of it. I don't know how unique my work is, because I never compare it.

Focus on your work. Do what you're great at. Don't compare yourself to others and or waste time criticizing the lives and work of others. Do what matters most to you and make a difference doing that.

If you try to cultivate your talents in someone else's shadow, they might wilt.

The only valid rule for a work of art is that it be true to itself.

I haven't always been confident enough to rock different styles because I used to be really shy.

God is not asking you to be anything other than what he's made you, as long as you submit to how he has made you, to how you relate to other people who he has made different than you.

All black women aren't sassy, loud, difficult, or subservient. We are, in fact, very complex and very diverse, living very complex and diverse lives. That point cannot be made enough.