Adrianne Lenker Quotes

I don't hide out. If you build a wall around yourself, it draws people to invade it. Fear is the enemy.

It's hard for me to accept love. I wish I could lie to you and tell you that it's easy for me, but it's not.

I had no idea who I was when I started. I was frightened to death and had no natural performing skills.

I've always been very shy. Now I don't care anymore.

I'm not as hard on myself anymore. I'm comfortable exactly where I am, though it took me until I was 34 years old! I still have things I'm really insecure about, but I've changed by loving me - C-section scars, stretch marks, and all.

When I was young I had so many inferiority complexes. I had an inferiority complex because I didn't go to university. I had an inferiority complex because I didn't train. Then it gets tiring. And you do get bored of it.

The journey from teaching about love to allowing myself to be loved proved much longer than I realised.

If you see a person who's insecure and covers it up, it can be quite a problem. But the person who is insecure and shows you is quite appealing. They give you just the courage to drop your defenses.

I had a great deal of arrogance and a great deal of bravado, but I think the bravado was brought on by a huge insecurity.

I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection.

I always told, Sandra Bullock was my student when she was younger, I always told her it's important that we hold on to our insecurity, the wisdom of insecurity.

I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody.

It's a great big step for me to open my heart up even a little bit.

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.

I'm putting myself out there in a way I don't know if I ever have before.

I had my shortcomings - crazy hair, braces, bad skin and all that stuff. I went through it all.

A lot of people think I'm naturally confident. I am not naturally confident!

We feel a lot of pressure about looking silly or appearing weak, whatever that means, or being a failure. You have to keep in your head: what's the worst that can happen?

There have been people in my life who have told me I have to put myself out there more. But it's so hard for me to do that.

I didn't start singing with my eyes open until I was 19 - that's how shy I was!

At the start, I had no idea to go into fashion, because I thought people would think I was stupid. I don't worry about those things anymore.

The most vulnerable people have tough exteriors because they are very scared inside, and it's very hard for people like that - people like me - to open up. But playing it safe means you stop being open to learning. I always try to find the challenges.

I've been embarrassing myself publicly for over 20 years. Why should I stop now?

I wasn't a perfect thing at 17. I didn't have confidence. I was hunched over and real embarrassed, and I didn't want to be in the limelight. But it changed over time.

I was single for a really long time, then I realized I had abandonment issues. Then I found love online.