Quotes about Identity

I'm from Iowa, we don't know what cool is!

The woman's place of power within each of us is neither white nor surface; it is dark, it is ancient, and it is deep.

I find I am constantly being encouraged to pluck out some one aspect of myself and present this as the meaningful whole, eclipsing or denying the other parts of self.

Tell them about how you're never really a whole person if you remain silent, because there's always that one little piece inside you that wants to be spoken out, and if you keep ignoring it, it gets madder and madder and hotter and hotter, and if you don't speak it out one day it will just up and punch you in the mouth from the inside.

The desire not to be anything is the desire not to be.

Live a life as a monument to your soul.

I'm not a rapper; I'm an artist. And I'm more than an artist. I'm a brand.

It's pretty hard as an Asian rapper to not be put in a box. I do my best to avoid that.

If you're a black kid from the streets and somebody is rapping about parents not understanding, you'd laugh at that.

But I really believe that when you give people authentic identity, which is what Facebook does, and you can be your real self and connect with real people online, things will change.

I always end up making friends at Pride and like, I see them throughout the year, but then you always have that nice, fond memory of, 'Oh my goodness I saw that person at this march, or this event.'

When I think about any of the missteps in my life that I've made, all of which I'm grateful for, it's because I just so wanted to be truly seen and heard for who I am and was afraid I wasn't or wouldn't be.