Authenticity can't be replicated or faked. You're either real or you're not. Bibi Bourelly More Quotes by Bibi Bourelly More Quotes From Bibi Bourelly I always do what makes me happy - it doesn't make sense to live life unhappily. Bibi Bourelly melive-lifehappylife At the end of the day, l just want to be myself. I don't set out to be like anyone else. Bibi Bourelly end-of-the-dayenddaymyself I can deal with imperfection, but I can't deal with people who lie to themselves and lie to the world to make the world feel better. Bibi Bourelly liefeelpeopleworld I can still feel unsure in myself, and l'm still insecure about certain things, but my desire to be happy and my desire to be free is very strong. Bibi Bourelly be-happyfeelmyselfhappy Opportunities don't always come dressed in neon colors. Bibi Bourelly dressedopportunitiescolorsalways To the outside world, I was pretty bad at everything my whole life. People didn't credit me for my musicianship. Bibi Bourelly melifepeopleworld True hopefulness and optimism is what leads one to dare. It is also what lifts one back up to dare again after a failed attempt. Bibi Bourelly truebackdareoptimism Daring is doing. Daring is asking something outrageous despite your chances of failure and rejection. Daring is going out on a limb by believing in something that no one else understands, and if all fails, daring is trying again. Bibi Bourelly yourdoingrejectionfailure I just am really bad at making new friends - especially in the music industry, because they're not really real friends; they're just music industry friends. Bibi Bourelly badnew-friendsfriendsmusic I'm the type of person who really wants to exist and live honestly, to just say what I have to say and be who I am and do what I want. Bibi Bourelly livepersoni-amwant A lot of things change when one is granted success: random people pop up, and a lot of the adjustments are rough. My way of coping with them is through focusing on the things that I have accomplished and the things that are yet to come. Bibi Bourelly randomchangesuccesspeople All of my songwriting success happened within a four month time span, and my record label deal happened within the next three months. Bibi Bourelly nextthreesuccesstime I got to meet Kanye West because we were shopping my artist deal, and I was interested in his label. When I met him, I played him all the records I had. He introduced me to Rihanna, and she recorded and cut some of those records. Bibi Bourelly meetmeshoppingartist The music industry is hard work, especially for women. A lot of people pit us against each other, comparing two body types or two women that are completely different. It's a lot of pressure. Bibi Bourelly womenmusichard-workwork I started writing songs before I could talk - at three or four. It was in me, and I had to get it out. It was all freestyle, which is how I write anyway. I don't write the words down; I scat and come up with the melody, then the lyrics. Bibi Bourelly wordsdownmewriting My talent before singing is being able to interpret and understand my emotions. I've felt pain and felt it intensely, so every time I sing, I revisit it. Bibi Bourelly talentsingingpaintime A writer is an artist. They're creating things out of thin air. Bibi Bourelly thingscreatingartistair What people think of you doesn't matter, because I believe anything's possible. No one's going to convince me I'm not capable of living up to my full potential, because I've obsessed over that idea. The universe wants me to be great for me. Bibi Bourelly greatmeyoupeople A lot of senior artists say that they support women, but they have a machine of people behind them telling them to be that way. l don't think it's always true and genuine. Bibi Bourelly thinkwomensupportpeople School, for me, was a really, genuinely hard thing. It was hard because l am an artist. You can't send an artist to a place where we learn at a mad slow pace sitting in a class. Bibi Bourelly placemeyouschool
