Quotes from Amber Liu

I'm from Los Angeles, and we have 24/7 sun pretty much all year round.

I know when I was growing up, I was always lost and just thought I was alone and that I needed to find where I belonged.

I don't cry that much, and if I do, it's for a really big thing.

I felt very motivated to release some things in English because I wanna represent my community.

Sitting on my butt waiting on opportunities won't do me any good.

I worked at a school supply store as a cashier.

My parents are really supportive of everything I do.

I definitely went through this whole phase of seeing what my seniors or friends would be wearing and just copying that.

I finally chopped off my ponytail at the end of middle school, and it was the best decision I made.

We're all fighting for the same thin,g and I hope that the fight for equality, the fight to help people get over their anxiety or depression, whatever thing they're going through, I hope that we can all come together more as a community.

I do my taxes. I do my own bookkeeping. I pay rent.

My dad came to Korea one time, and then he pulls out a whole bunch of my headshot prints. He's like, 'Amber, you need to sign all of this for me because all of my friends want these.' I guess that's when I kind of realized I was 'famous.'

I was terrified to go solo. It's lonely doing it by myself. But I wanted to challenge myself.

People don't know what it's like being the foreigner until they are one.

I hear that I dress like a boy and that I should be more girly, which I can understand, but I just focus on what I want to do and enjoy my time with fans who love me for who I am.

I was on an army show, and in the army - especially in Korean culture - there's a very, very strict hierarchy. Obviously, you would not talk informally or disrespectfully to your commanding officer. But me, in my limited Korean, I basically told my commanding officer, 'Thou shalt forget!' The Korean public thought it was really funny.

I'm comfortable with myself now, and I understand how goofy I am, how stupid I can be, how emotional I can be, or how focused I can be.

I think we should let our guards down a little bit more.

I will always continue to work hard, become stronger, and learn to love myself for who I am, imperfections and all.

Society tells you home is where you grew up or where you settled, but nah. I have friends all over the world. Maybe I have a billion homes.

The most important gift you can give anyone is honesty, and that's what I want to do.

As the human race, let's continue to show love, compassion, and respect towards one another.

One of my goals always, when I write music, is that it's not only me sharing my story with the fans: it's also a reminder to myself that, 'Hey, I said this so that I need to grow from it.'

I wanted to tour the United States because I feel I owe it to the community that I grew up in. When I was growing up, the only people I saw on TV were Jackie Chan, Lucy Liu and Jet Li. Our representation as Asians wasn't big, but I wanted to be like Lucy Liu and then Maggie Q.