Quotes About Authenticity

If you gonna challenge my ways, know my history. Don't put nobody in my face that don't know about me, or they here to write an article on someone they thought was hot when they was hot. Come on, man. I been hot.

I never write about the road. I never write about hotels or anything like that.

I didn't want to do the whole, get the hottest person thing. I wanted to make sure every record felt right.

I think anybody who really knows me knows I'm not a media hound and knows that I'm really sort of trying to do the best I can with the situation that I found myself in.

And then as I got older, see, I think a lot of times with comics, your life kind of permeates your act. Whatever is happening in your life is what's going on on stage. So if you're angry in your life, then that's going to be on stage. If you're looking for the guy that's just going to make you laugh for an hour and forget about, that's me.

Growing up in a sports household where my dad was a coach, I never had to fake my knowledge.

If we have authentic, honest, earthy materials in our houses, we'll be more authentic, honest and natural.

I'd love more production houses to encourage artists to create what they want and not just churn things out.

I'm a real housewife.

I really am a housewife.

The 'Housewives' has helped me find my voice. I was always a people-pleaser, and coming into a show like this, you end up losing that.

I would have hated for my 'Drag Race' moment to have come down to lip syncing a Whitney Houston song.

What I find very attractive, what I find sexual, are people who are unapologetic for who they are and comfortable with themselves. And I think with those two things sexual energy does come out because you're not hovering or censoring yourself, you're just being who you are. And being who you are is a very attractive quality in a person.

You're allowed to be a little bit weird and still get massive attention. The fact that a Solange can work or a Daniel Caesar can work or even how far Kendrick Lamar has gotten. People are getting more comfortable.

How much cooler was Oz than seeing the little dude behind the curtain?

People send me records, and if don't like them, I won't do them; I don't care how much money you offer.

To me it's not about how much money you make or the car you drive, it's about what kind of person you are and how much pride you take in what you do. I try and apply that same level of passion to every path I choose in life.

Rock Hudson. He was an absolute human being. Charming, funny, real.

I'm just, 'Hi, I'm Shamir. I'm gonna sing, hug you, then you can buy my album.'

It was interesting to shoot history as it happens, without anyone demanding a huge story.

I'm a huge fan of Andy Kaufman. He made his living just being all sorts of characters, and nobody really knowing who the real Andy Kaufman is. And in a sense, I don't think any of you know who the real Trisha Paytas is either.

I'm a huge fan of not doing world-building or exposition. My eyes glaze over when I see it.

You know, I'm not a huge fan of the concept of 'passion' when it comes to careers. Instead of trying to answer the daunting question of 'What's your passion?' it's better simply to watch what you do when you've got time of your own and nobody's looking.

It's not a good feeling to hide a huge part of your life. If you were meant to be somebody else, you'd be somebody else, so don't change who you are.