Irvine Welsh Quotes

I like being misunderstood.

Don't worry what people say or what people think. Be yourself.

You kind of create your own moral universe. It's like, well, I like myself. If other people don't like me, then whatever. I'm out of here.

The secret is not to care what anyone thinks of you.

I've never really been the type of person who worries much about what people think of me.

I learned not to care what other people think.

I have nothing to prove to anybody.

Just do what you want to do and don't worry about what people say.

Embrace who you are. It's OK if you're shy sometimes. Just don't worry about what others think. Do your thing.

I'm just going to do what I do, and people will like it, or they won't.

I have nothing to prove to anyone.

I don't care what people think of me. I don't even care what happens to me.

I don't need nobody tryin' to make me over -- I just wanna live simple and free.

Don't waste your energy trying to educate or change opinions... Do your thing and don't care if they like it.

I was at a point where I was ready to say I am what I am because of what I am and if you like me I'm grateful, and if you don't, what am I going to do about it?

It doesn't matter what people think of me. I've lived my life.

I used to think that one of the great signs of security was the ability to just walk away.

I think I grew up, stopped worrying about what people thought of me, and whether things were going to turn out OK. I'm concentrating on doing the best work I can do and letting it go at that.

I'm just a human being that is in touch with myself. And I'm honest with myself. And I really, at the end of the day, don't care what people say. I never cared about what people say.

Don't change for nobody.

I'm not concerned with what people think of me.

The whole 'bad girl' thing allows me to mess up sometimes. And I have freedom to say more of what I want to.

I think that my music is really empowering. I just want people to know - especially young people, but really everyone - that you don't have to be so caught up in what everyone else is thinking. You don't have to be the coolest, most popular person. You can just be you and be vulnerable.

Whatever you do, be happy with you. Don't conform. You are who you are, and you shouldn't change that for anybody.

With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of a courtesan; it may be so, but I have the heart of a King. I live free, I enjoy myself, I can call myself happy.