It is a burden that people have expectations about me.
The role model thing gets imposed on you by someone else. I don't think that's fair.
In the beginning, I thought the Federer comparisons were cool, but after a while, I wasn't happy with it. It's not the best thing you can hear as you're trying to develop, as it puts extra pressure on a young kid.
You have to look out for becoming trapped in a place where people want to see you all the time doing one thing.
The It-girl tag annoys me.
Playing the piano was what I loved doing for myself, but as soon as it became a 'thing' that I was being pushed to pursue by my teachers, I rebelled.
People gave me such a bad time about wanting a baby. I didn't want a baby, and I still don't. I wanted a dog.
When you know that people know who you are, you are always working - and not the work you want to do. You are sort of performing, because you know they are looking - or at least glancing - at you.
When people put that sort of pressure on you, you're worried that people won't want to receive you.
I'm not interested in making money. It's just that with my talent, I'm cursed with it.
If I hadn't wanted to become a footballer, Dad wouldn't have made me do it.
No one wants to be a source of anxiety to everybody they know.
The expectation from other people kind of gets on me.
There have been situations where the people you're around have one vision for you, and it's like trying on a jacket that doesn't fit.
There are so many people in the world who are eager to do for you things that you do not wish done, provided only that you will do for them things that you don't wish to do.
