Lilly Singh Quotes

I watch a lot of interviews with Selena [Gomez] because she’s been in the public eye for so long and she’s dealt with a lot of critique that I believe is unwarranted, but maybe that’s just me being a fangirl.

Finding like-minded people is very important. It’s hard to be a happy meal in a room full of sad people.

I think you have to proactively seek out things that inspire you and consume as much of those things as possible.

Fighting for happiness is the hardest thing you’ll ever fight for, but it’s the only thing worth fighting for.

I’m super hard on myself anytime I think of an idea for a collaboration. I will rack my brain trying to think of one. I wait for the right person. It stresses me to think that I’d do a collaboration with someone and not make it the best possible opportunity.

I think the best way I could ever fight racism is just being as successful as possible.

I’m a big believer of having a vision board, so I have a vision board, and that’s motivating because it shows me all the things I have accomplished and all the things I still want to accomplish.

Now I do feel like I have something to say. The book [How to Be a Bawse] is a guide on how to not just survive life but to conquer it. And it’s based on my life experiences, all the people I’ve met, all the things I’ve learned from those people, being in the weird situations that I get in.

I was super doubting myself and if I was even cut out to live this life, but then the fans came to my rescue. And I think we all have those moments, but every failure is necessary, especially in the entertainment industry.

If I could give advice to anyone, it would be that sometimes the best way you can fight a problem – and this is going to be a little bit controversial – is to not address it.

I would tell anyone, pick the person you love the most, the musician, the actor, public figure, whatever, and watch a bunch of their interviews and find ones where they talk about all the times they’ve failed, all the times they weren’t good enough, and watch those on the regular. It’s a very unique type of inspiration. It’s almost like spiritual jumper cables for your inner drive.

I never was taught how to go into a meeting and talk about a tour and how to plan a show, but seeing that side of things [about] someone who wants to be a Unicorn but has to now be a boss and navigate this is a really powerful and interesting story.