Amanda Palmer Quotes

There's always gonna be setbacks; there's always gonna be knockdowns. There's always gonna be people telling you, 'Hey, you suck!'

Some people have a tendency to get knocked down in this business and sulk and whine, and they just create a rod for their back, really. You have to have broad shoulders and get through it.

All my life people have said that I wasn't going to make it.

Being called a huckster and a charlatan started several years ago, so that's something I'm accustomed to. In most cases, it doesn't bother me.

Every time somebody calls me out or tries to start something, it's motivation.

I've been shut down, run down, talked about, dogged out, but that never stopped me from the being the true me that's here and will be here.

Somebody has said something - or not just somebody, hundreds, thousands of people have something negative to say about me. I have learned that if I'm going to continue to do what I'm supposed to do and move forward, then I cannot let that faze me.

Fans were booing me at one point. I just kept working, that's the main thing. I'm not going to let that deteriorate my game.

I hear all the critics, man. I hear them saying 'He's done.' I hear them saying 'He can't.' I hear all that. That keeps me going.

I am so dedicated, so passionate, and that counts for more than what crazy people throw at me.

There's gonna be stretches where I don't play as well. People are gonna be talking bad about me and not always on my side and cheering me on.

My entire life I've proved that I'm able to overcome people's negativity toward me.

If you are being criticised, and you are unsuccessful, then that can be a low for you. But if you are doing good and still being slammed, then it is good.

I guess you've just got to take it because there is always going to be negative criticism and positive. But I think both of them can make you stronger.

Every day, in every single walk of life, you can do something good, and people will have something bad to say about you. You just get on with it and do your job as best you can.

No matter how many people want me to crawl in a hole and die forever, I'm not going to do that.

I've been having people doubt me all my life.

I just kind of live in that world that everyone's upset with me. That's OK; I'll just go out and try and do what I do.

Sometimes your haters are your biggest motivators.

Don't take it personally if you're met with opposition. Work hard anyway.

People are always going to be negative when they mention my name, but I can accept that and that's what makes it easier for me to go on.

I see the hate, what some people say, but I just prove them wrong at the end of the day because I show everyone what I can do. Some people don't want me to succeed but you just have to take it on the chin.

I understand when results don't go well, it gets broken down and people blame whoever. You've got to take the good with bad.

you must learn to live as I do - in the face of constant criticism, opposition and censure. That, sir, is the English way.

I don't like compliments. No. I prefer criticisms; prefer to prove them wrong