A'Lelia Bundles Quotes

I was raised to sense what someone wanted me to be and be that kind of person. It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.

I'm one Pia Zadora, the same way all the time. That's why I'm happy. It took me a long time to get to the point where could be myself all the time.

It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.

We have to program the mind of the public that age is not ugly. Age is just age. Wake up, American children, and stop listening to other people's voices. Know yourself, be true to yourself and make a contribution. It took me half my life to know myself. I listened to other people's opinions and took them as gospel.

You need to be on your own so that you can meet people as you are, and as they are.

When I first got into the entertainment industry, I would always watch Rihanna and all those people, so I was like, 'Ooh, I have to be this.' So my mom was like, 'Just be yourself.'

Growing up is not being so dead-set on making everybody happy.

My centre of who I thought I was was never very consciously about being beautiful or attractive - I think I'm one of those people who's actually grown into their looks.

I'm not interested in trying to work on people's perceptions. I am who I am, and if you don't take the time to learn about that, then your perception is going to be your problem.

I'm not concerned with people seeing me in a certain way. Some people see me as a kid, some people see me as an adult. But I'm seriously not going to complain how anybody sees me, as long as they see me.

I don't sing very loud, which some people have given me trouble about, but we all have to figure out what our voices are, embrace that.

Everyone always said, 'When you're 10, you'll want to be Elizabeth, or when you're in college.' And every time, I was was just like, 'No, I'm Beanie. That's who I am.' So I love my name because I think it really suits me.

It took a long time, and a lot of years, for me to get comfortable with myself, like the way I am now.

As you get older, whatever your struggles may be - how you sound, how you look, how you dress - you grow into yourself a little bit more. You end up realizing the world wants you and not a carbon copy of six other people.

For a long time, I consciously tried to be a good person for others. Not anymore. Caring about other people keeps me in line, but I've decided to just be myself.

I was in Italy on vacation, and I saw my reflection in a mirror. I saw how unique my skin was and why people stop me on the street to ask about it. I started falling in love with it.

If you spend the first 30 years of your life only trying to look good, you're not going to know yourself very well. If you got it, flaunt it.

Writing this record let me recapture who I am. It is summed up in the title Be Not Nobody. You need to feel comfortable in your skin and do whatever you need to do for yourself, to heal or to grow.

I know who I am. I am not perfect. I'm not the most beautiful woman in the world. But I'm one of them.

When you're true to who you are, amazing things happen.

I take a lot of pride in being myself. I'm comfortable with who I am.

I was fortunate enough to have an upbringing that made me more accepting of who I am.

People are embracing the thing that made them different growing up instead of letting that thing elicit shame.

The truth was I felt ugly growing up. I only really started feeling comfortable in myself when I was 40.

Being yourself is one of the greatest things you can possibly do. Being true to yourself.