Stefflon Don Quotes

I've learnt that I've had the best results from just trying to be me, trying to make a movie or TV show I want to see or write a script I want to read, and that's really all I can offer - being authentic.

When I stopped hiding who I am, I started writing hits.

To be a true artist, I have to be true to who I am now and write that way.

The minute you succumb to outside pressure, you cease to be creative.

If you're trying to please everyone, then you're not going to make anything that is honestly yours, I don't think, in the long run.

The amazing thing now is that most of those so-called critics who were telling me to find my own voice seem to have lost theirs.

I learned, when I look in the mirror and tell my story, that I should be myself and not peep whatever everybody is doing.

Yeah, it's nice to look up to people, but the more you try to be somebody else, the less you are of yourself.

I take my craft seriously, of course, but I don't feel the need to always play a certain character or a certain part or persona. I'm not going to cut something out of my life because it's not 'my image.' I want to be open enough that if I love something, I can do it, and it will add to myself as an entertainer.

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

If you're creating anything at all, it's really dangerous to care about what people think.

I can't think of anything worse, really, than to try to live up to someone else's expectations of what you should be. You don't make art by consensus.

You want everybody to like your work, but when you look at what's fashionable or trendy, it's pretty obvious that I don't exactly fit.

Through my unique style of playing, I want to prove that you don't have to conform to be accepted. The greatest value comes from loving yourself for who you are.

If you think about what everyone else will think, you forget to just make music.

Making a film is like raising a child. You cannot raise a child to be liked by everyone. You raise a child to excel, and you teach the child to be true to his own nature. There will be people who'll dislike your child because he or she is who they are, and there will be people who'll love your child immensely for the very same reason.

Living courageously in your uniqueness is really important: just being completely yourself. I know that sounds really cliche, but just do what you want to do.

I don't feel I have to be Jackson Browne. Still, I like to say something.

Don't worry about fitting in - it's completely over-rated.

I want to stress to people to be themselves instead of trying to be like others.

People sometimes are afraid to be who they are because of other people's ideals.

Be stupid, be dumb, be funny, if that's who you are. Don't try to be someone that society wants you to be; that's stupid. So be yourself.

When you're growing up, the most important thing is to try to not change yourself too much. Be you, because everyone else is taken.

As long as you're being yourself and putting out what you want to put out, it'll be the best thing you could do.

No one will ever be as good at being you as you. So start there. Perfect is boring.