Kendrick Lamar Quotes

We are never doing anyone any favors by withholding our gifts from the world. It's scary to be fierce, but you can't compromise that for fear of losing those around you.

I try to be unafraid of making a fool of myself.

I'm not scared to sing songs. I'm not scared to walk out the front door and make a mistake.

The older I get, the more I understand that the only way to say valuable things is to lose your fear of being correct.

I think what I would say to my younger self, and probably to younger, just starting-out writers is that a lot of times you're just afraid to put yourself out there, and it's uncomfortable because it's working up the courage to do something, to push yourself to do those things.

I don't want to have to hide from the world anymore.

Sometimes I get so bold and I'm so confident about what I'm doing that I actually try to be more of a dork because it's a really liberating feeling to experience what it's like to not care.

There is something about boldness and fearlessness and being free enough to speak what is on one's mind that warrants freedom.

Doing social media is a way of not giving in to this inclination to hiding. But instead, I'm teaching myself to feel comfortable about being open.

I want to show people that I am comfortable enough to go on national television and just be myself.

Putting myself out there knowing I can be criticized - it's ironic, but to me, that's the most empowering thing.

The best gift you can give yourself is getting over the fear of embarrassment because then you're completely free to try anything.

I'm not afraid to look stupid and I'm not afraid to look like I'm trying too hard.

I don't think I am fearless. I am just me.

I think it's good to be a little more fearless in saying what you feel. In not being scared of the repercussions of that.

It took awhile for me to get used to speaking candidly about my own life. I got into it, and it turned out to be a wonderful experience.

I'd like to just be a little bit more open to making mistakes and not worrying about it so much.

There's something liberating about not pretending. Dare to embarrass yourself. Risk.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.

We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.

I found that the more truthful and vulnerable I was, the more empowering it was for me.

I try not to worry about what that's going to look like. If you worry about looking stupid, that's when you look really stupid.

I think I'm a bit less inhibited, and not thinking too much before speaking. It's not about being shameful, I'm just a bit more unabashedly myself because of this thing, and it probably started at age 15. I can be around people and say what I think without fear.

I've been very much intrigued by and impressed with women. But I've never been intimidated. Even if I make a fool of myself, it's better to have tried.

I've played so many jobs where I'm fearless, but it's far from me. I wish I were like that in real life.