Being Quotes
On identity, openness and staying true to yourself.
This set of quotes explores what it means to simply be: holding onto a child's spontaneity, embracing honesty that feels inappropriate in creative work, or aging with flexibility instead of resistance. For more on self-belief, see our Able quotes.
I'm not posh at all. I grew up in Sheffield but never managed to pick up the accent - which was careless because there'd be some cache now in being a northern playwright, but I missed out on that one.
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People are more willing to say things when they don't know they're being recorded.
How am I supposed to pay my bills? I can't get a regular job because I have been accused of being a Nazi. Am I supposed to be homeless?
I feel sometimes that I'm in a constant state of being lost in translation, and I guess that why I write songs.
'South Pacific' - I really learned a lot. I swear I like to say that during 'South Pacific,' I went from being a girl to being a woman.
'Bonnie and Clyde' was the first show and the first role that I got to originate. Being part of that from the ground up and investing three years of my life into seeing that show come to Broadway was really...
I love being a redhead. It's a rare thing, so I think there's a bond between redheads.
I can't stand being around anal people, especially anal people with big egos.
I found it hard being a full-time mum and take my hat off to anyone who can do it.
There's a rule of thumb in politics. If you're at a point where you're complaining about the other guy being mean and unfair and uncivil, that's probably a sign that you're losing.
I had gone from being married with a kid, two cars, garage, nice house in a nice neighborhood to all of it gone.
Being able to write about love through a trans lens is something that's not really represented when it comes to love songs.
I recognize that I'm in a band, and part of being in a band is doing interviews, and I do have a platform so I want to use that platform to talk about things that are real.
The kids can see that there are more parts to me than just being their mom; I wear a couple of different hats and have other roles to play.
If I'm tweeting about being somewhere, and I haven't replied to somebody's email from three days ago, that's quite rude.
