Quotes About Authenticity

It's really deep to me. Although it seems to many people that I'm making silly music, I'm really serious.

I like silly photos of me, looking stupid.

Throw out the rule book. If you like wearing navy and black together, wear it; if you like mixing up gold and silver jewellery, mix it. If you like it, wear it - don't care about what anyone else thinks.

If you write, write about what you do and who you are, and you can't be wrong. Don't lie about anything. You are very similar to everybody else in the world. You love, you hate, you have friends, you have enemies. Be who you are.

Very similar experience happened last year when we released this album, North. It was on Deutsche Grammophon, it was very, very honest. It was the most honest record I've ever written.

I don't really get a buzz from playing characters that are similar to me 'cause that's not acting to me.

You're always going to sound like yourself, but you can make really strong attempts to keep some similarities, but move away from what you did before for popularity's sake.

There are similarities with Angela Merkel, there are issues that separate us, and I'm showing that genuinely and authentically and won't create an artificial separation because it has something to do with character and attitude.

The biggest similarity between me and my character is that we've both played clubs for 20 years. In real life, the clubs aren't quite as controlled - and my hair isn't quite as in place as it is on 'Ally McBeal.'

Not even the creators of 'Rock Band' could possibly believe that playing the game is tantamount to making your own music. There is, however, a sad similarity between 'Rock Band' and some actual bands, and that is the attempt at realness.

I hope movies like 'Love, Simon' encourage people to be their authentic selves.

I've never considered myself as a legend - just a simple man with heart.

I am who I am. I am not very complicated. I am simple and an introvert.

I try to keep my filters simple. I don't do anything major to my photos.

I'm just a simple country girl.

My cooking is very simple, so I don't really use machines at all. A knife, cutting board, frying pan and strainer are my essentials.

I was always a simple guy. I was never one for extravagances.

My life is not that glamorous. I actually live a pretty simple life, really. I just work. I don't have time to do all these glamorous things. I just do my thing, just work.

I live a very simple life. I live away from all the Hollywood hype, and I try to keep it that way.

I'm a very simple person. I don't use computers.

I'm actually a very simple person. A very normal man.

I know what the important things are in life. I know that just because I pretend to be someone else for two hours on the silver screen doesn't make me a better person than the next man. So, I mind all those things. Simple things.

Gender is a way to hide from the simple truth we all tell: 'Hey, I'm here, I have a body.'

I feel like people are now praying for some authenticity and some human touch to music. There's no simpler outlet to that than guitar and piano.