Quotes about Identity

Even the greatest musicians, they only represent themselves. You represent who you are and what your experiences are and what you have in your heart, and it's the same for me. I represent who I am and what I've been through and what I'm bringing to the music.

If you never, or rarely, see your experience depicted in art or pop culture then you can begin to feel isolated or separate; Othered. So, representation is super important.

People do want to see themselves reflected. They'll never believe that Gwen Graham, Philip Levine, Chris King, or Jeff Greene will be a better representative of their interests than I will be.

I'm a Christian, a conservative, and a Republican, in that order.

I sometimes think that I didn't leave the Republican Party, as much as it left me.

I'm not an icon. Not even in America.

I was not creating icons when I wrote the 'The X-Men' and the 'The New Mutants.' I was creating people.

The problem for all women is we're identified by how we look instead of by our heads and our hearts.

When your identity is found in Christ, your identity never changes. You are always a child of God.

There are illegitimate parents, but I don't believe there are any illegitimate children.

I don't want to feel like I have to change myself or my image.

I know very well the difference between my image and who I am.