Really Quotes

Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.

What influenced me was Tori Amos, who was unapologetic about expressing anger through music, and Sinead O'Connor. Those two in particular were really moving for me, and very inspiring, before I wrote 'Jagged Little Pill.'

I don't have to 'freedom-kiss' my wife when what I really want to do is French-kiss her.

I work really hard at trying to see the big picture and not getting stuck in ego. I believe we're all put on this planet for a purpose, and we all have a different purpose... When you connect with that love and that compassion, that's when everything unfolds.

Anyone who isn't confused really doesn't understand the situation.

World War II was the last government program that really worked.

I'm smart and I can be really funny and interesting and I can go toe-to-toe with anybody in a conversation.

I've always loved Christmas and that's not really gone away from me from being a child to now. It's always a magical time and I'm unashamed in my love for Christmas.

Sentimentalism is the working off on yourself of feelings you haven't really got.

If we don't fight hard enough for the things we stand for, at some point we have to recognize that we don't really stand for them.

Nothing's really changed since the Harry Potter films came along.

I think that I'm so psychotic and so mentally ill that if I could tap into that I could do something really interesting.

So smoking is the perfect way to commit suicide without actually dying. I smoke because it's bad, it's really simple.

There's a level of sophistication of filmmaking that's mind-boggling. Anything you need for your movie, there's an establishment that can make it happen really fast.

The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask.

I don't really plan what comes out of my mouth, and that's what makes most of my lyrics entertaining.

I know this sounds strange, but as a kid, I was really shy. Painfully shy. The turning point was freshman year, when I was the biggest geek alive. No one, I mean no one, even talked to me.

I mean these people who work on Broadway, in my opinion, are the most gifted of everyone. I mean they really know how to dance. They really know how to act. They really know how to sing. They know how to perform.

I don't think anyone really is interested in reading about my emotional state. It's not even interesting to me.

I'm not really book-smart.

When I was 13, I asked for a guitar. And that's how I really started explaining my point of view.

I'm really grounded and quite hippie, wanting to nurture and have children and be quiet.

If you really want to make a friend, go to someone's house and eat with him... the people who give you their food give you their heart.

Masses of girls identified with Bella in a really profound way, for want of a better word. The connection that I've seen people have - I've seen it physically. It's the characters they're flipping for.

I'm a hard worker and I really give to my fans through my shows.

This generation is so dead. You ask a kid, 'What are you doing this Saturday?' and they'll be playing video games or watching cable, instead of building model cars or airplanes or doing something creative. Kids today never say, 'Man, I'm really into remote-controlled steamboats.'

A lot of young players don't really know much about the history of the game and a lot of them are missing out on what the game is all about, especially the whole concept of sportsmanship and teamwork.

Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong.

For a young artist to really make it and make money is a lot more difficult these days.

If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?