Quotes About Authenticity

I think Twitter is kind of boring, to be honest. To me, it's not even real life.

I do not have a 24-year-old girlfriend. I have another life altogether.

When I started to write a tune, I just wrote the nearest at hand, which was what was happening in my own life.

L.A. can be very superficial, and it's hard to meet cool people here. I try to stay away from the glitzy side of the business and have a normal life as much as possible. I keep to myself.

Life is messy, and it's okay if you are too! We all screw up, that doesn't have to define us.

It's the only real advantage to getting older. You get to say what you mean and stop apologizing.

But why should I read what somebody else thinks of my life when I know the real story?

What's the difference between spending your life trying to be invisible, or pretending to be the person you think everyone wants you to be? Either way, you're faking.

These days her entire life was about making people believe she was someone she wasn't anymore.

I have come to believe that this life I'm wearing will never really fit.

I'm not trying to follow a set of rules and stuff. I'm just living my life.

People are different in different situations and people are different online than they are in real life.

I wish I'd legitimately talked about some painful moments in my life where I felt insufficient as a kid.

You can't get mad at a real ending. Some of them are ugly. It's the fake happily ever afters that should piss you off.

Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner v

Once you leave out all the bullshit they teach you in school, life gets really simple.

Sometimes things are just what they seem to be and that's all there is to it.

What's up with you? How come you're being like this?' Because it's the truth. This is the world we live in.

I just live life. I grew up in a Christian family, but, you know, the way Mom brought me up is to, you know, do you, to always be yourself.

Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice.", 2005]

Imitation is suicide.

Your actions speak so loudly, I cannot hear what you are saying.

If someone likes you when you are living a lie, remember - he likes the lie, not you.

The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party when the masks are dropped.