E. L. Simpson Quotes

It's been hard, but I've finally come to the realization that it's okay to not be perfect.

I don't have anything to prove anymore. What other people think of me is not my business.

I'm trying to create a relationship with myself. I feel good being married to myself right now!

I care about what people think of my heart, my music, my passion.

Even though I have so many things to figure out, I'm very much at peace. I don't feel like I'm closing the chapter on this phase of life - I feel like I'm closing the book and starting a new one.

And I'm the worst liar of all time.

Image is the most important thing about someone's career and longevity.

Life is definitely always about expanding. That's how we grow.

I'll usually wash my hair and let it air-dry wavy, but if I'm just in a hang-out mood, I won't even wash it. I'll wait until it smells.

How can I be my best if I never fail, and how can I ever find peace if I never yell.

Marriage is unbelievable, i couldn't be more in love.

I don't even have a type! I don't have a physical type. I have an emotional type.

My style icon really for my whole life has been my mother.

I wanted to give up, but my family kept me going.

I used to be the kind of person who needed to have a lot of people around. That's where I found my serenity.

Nobody deserves to be treated like a princess 100% of the time... not even me.

I don't play sports. The only sports I play is shopping. But there is a lot of walking involved in that... running sometimes if there's a sale.

A little bit is not that much to ask to make things right.

Fashion just comes naturally to me.

Is this chicken or is this fish?

For me, it's just eat whatever makes you feel good. Work out whenever you want to. Just take care of yourself.

First love is only once in a lifetime, and it remains only in memory.

Normally, I'm so shy.

There's tons of little tricks that that go into making the perfect shoe, but I think color, comfort is really important and different sizes of heels.

I try not to read blogs. The comments are extremely harsh.

I built a studio in my house so I can be with my kids. I go out to my approval meetings [for my collection] while they nap, but at least I can sing [at home] while they sleep at night.

I want people to fall in love with my voice before my image.

We weren't trying, but we were definitely practicing - and not safely practicing.

If it's a boy, I'll put him in tutus!

For Thanksgiving we have to make a Tofurkey! It doesn't sound right! It's gonna be jiggly and weird.

I can't deprive myself of things because then I obsess about it and end up eating.

I had that Restylane stuff. It looked fake to me. I didn't like that. But it went away in, like, four months. My lips are back to what they were. Thank God!

I definitely don't Google my name.

I don't want people walking out of a movie thinking I was trying to act or be some movie star. I want them to think, 'That might make me like Jessica a little bit more.'

My dad takes care of me as a manager and as a dad, ... That's his job, you know, to take care of me. He has my best interests at heart.

Whenever my water breaks it'll be like a fire hydrant!

I'm definitely shy, so it was definitely acting for me to drop a trench coat and be in a bikini and try to get my cousins out of trouble by using my body. That was definitely acting.

I think it's ironic that I fell in love with a man I thought I would never be interested in because he's an athlete. I was always, 'An athlete? Heck no.'

The crazy thing is, I never knew that a wiener could actually make me nauseous.

I want to be a diva... like people-totally-respect-my-music diva, not diva like carry-my-diet-Coke-around.

The average person expels flatulence 15 times each day!

When I signed a record deal, I was always told by execs I needed to be like everybody else, that I had to show my midriff, things that would take away from who I want to be as an artist.

I would love to sing with Christina [Aguilera]... she has so much talent... she has an amazing voice.

If I'm going for advice for anything in my life, I go straight to my father because he has the answers.

The real me is a southern girl with her Levis on and an open heart. Wish I could save the world, like I was super girl.

I'd like to tour with the Backstreet Boys because I love them so much.

Sorry I don't eat buffalo.

Giving up my scotch? My Macallan 18? That was hard for me! Though now that doesn't even sound good, being pregnant. You crave other things. A big thing of water sounds great!

There are certain things that make me relax, like writing my journal. That's the only time that I'm relaxing. It's the only time I really get to examine myself.

I'm interested in learning more about myself and what I value in myself and letting that be the beautiful part of me, rather than putting on the makeup or wearing the right designer.