- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
Me Quotes
Quotes rooted in the first person.
These are quotes centered on 'me' - childhood memories tied to family traditions, like a grandfather's holiday reading passed down for decades, alongside admissions about how humor can double as self-protection. Several speak to the solitary nature of creative work, something also explored in Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up, money is important. And now I have a career where I'm making enough money to live. But I really want to give it to my parents, my family, charities, and people around me.
- Control
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- Nov 07, 2020
Pretty much all the programming on our CDs is done by me personally, so I've kind of been able to have complete control of what sounds I'm looking for to complete a song.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Insecurity, for me, feels like the sensation of suffocating.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I spend a lot of time on TV doing the same sort of thing. I found a niche in TV where people are willing to steadily employ me to do this one thing, which I put spins on and change.
- Beginning
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- Nov 07, 2020
Since the beginning, I have always tried to just be me. There have been moments in my career as a YouTuber where I've recognized that I'm trying to emulate something else, or I'm being heavily influenced by a YouTuber or something like that, and I realize that's not what I want to be putting out.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember a distinct moment when it was my junior year of college, and the content I was making was changing and not really myself, and I tried to switch back to just putting me out there. I'm happy that happened really early in my career, because that was before I started doing podcasts or writing.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
When it came to 'Binge,' it wasn't my intention to get on a little soapbox and have a teaching moment. It was more, 'Here are things that have happened to me; here's what I've learned from it. If you'd like to learn from it too, great; if you just like the entertainment aspect, that's fine too.'
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
YouTube has always been a diary for me. I'm here to share what I do, share my life, and if people want to watch, more power to them. But regardless of my intention, if people are looking at what I do and am treating it like I'm a role model, it doesn't matter whether or not I want to be.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
Tyler Perry's brand is faith, family and this whole thing that I've built, while my company, 34th Street Films, is like Disney's Touchstone. We can do anything. People don't know what to expect from me yet.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you don't want my God here, you don't want me here either. God has been too good to me to go and try to sell out to get some money.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that with everything I've done, in the end, whoever the central character is, they would find a way to forgive, because that's really important to me.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father who was there in the house, he wasn't at all a role model. And my mother, who was trying to protect me from him as best she could, she took me everywhere with her, which gave me a tremendous amount of sensitivity to the things women go through.
- Happiness
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- Nov 07, 2020
Happiness for me is totally just being at peace knowing that, everything I'm doing, God is pleased with that. It's complete peace for me.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I know about me is that, in order to lead, you also have to know how to follow.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whenever something good comes up that sounds like I could be part of the project, my manager and my agents send me in on it.
- Keeping
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- Nov 07, 2020