Kara DioGuardi Quotes

I think it's always best to be who you are.

You are what you are, and I'd rather be myself than try and be what I'm not.

I'm not hiding who I am anymore - not pretending I'm something I'm not.

I think the worst thing a player can do is just not be yourself.

I know that I'm an actor and I guess I could kind of put on an act, but it takes so much more time to be someone you are not. I feel so much better just being comfortable with myself and hopefully girls will accept that.

I am who I am. I don't try to be something I'm not.

I don't think you can do something wrong with your identity if you're living in your authenticity.

I'm not going to be somebody I'm not.

Man, I'm just going to be myself. I shouldn't have to apologize for that. If people don't understand that, then they don't understand it. I'm not going to try to be somebody I'm not.

I felt more comfortable playing other people than being myself, when I was a kid. And then, the tables turned. Through my performances, I've become more comfortable with who I am, and then I just bring more of myself into the people that I play.

I'm just trying to be myself. I'm not trying to be anyone else.

That's quite a difficult thing in life, to be who you are. And when you are doing interviews, you kind of feel this need to say something interesting.

I didn't start to work until I realized what it was I had to offer. I stopped imitating performers I admired and started just being myself.

As far as writing, it's grown because I've really grown comfortable with who I am.

The most important thing you can do as a performer is to be yourself, or be an onstage version of yourself. If you're not being true to yourself, and somebody likes that other version of you, you're kind of stuck.

It's not hard to keep up the image we chose. It's not hard to stay yourselves.

Get to know the real you, rather than try to look like or dress like those around you.

You cannot represent cool. You've got to be cool. You've got to be authentic. I think, after all these years, that is how I define cool. It is being authentic. That is powerful.

I think you have to be what you are. Don't try to be somebody else. You have to be yourself at all times.

Don't worry about what's cool and what's not cool. Authenticity is what's cool.

I will always do R. Kelly - I'm not perfect, but I'm perfectly me.

I don't think it is important to be a role model, because if you are a role model, you are pretending to be someone else.

When I was younger, I used to try to fit in, but now I'm much more comfortable with just being myself.

Be you. Everyone else is already taken.

When I started playing music, I was more of a character. Now I'm just me with a cool outfit on. I'm more comfortable being myself.