Quotes About Authenticity

It was easy to be oneself when the stakes were low.

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I had a holding deal with ABC to find me a show, and I was very clear about the kind of show I wanted to do, because Indian people have always been seen as - well, we've been put in a box, about who we should be like.

If the Indian people want stories written about themselves, how they want them told, they are going to have to make them, they're going to have to finance them. If you let Hollywood do it, Hollywood is going to get it wrong most of the time.

The people in Indiana are so kind and so genuine.

I think when a man shows his true emotions, it's a really good indicator off what he is.

I'm indie through and through. I've always gone out with boys in bands.

Don't expect me to be some indie schmindie embarrassed about my success.

I'm not so interested in being indie just for the sake of being indie.

Sometimes I wish I was just a girl in an indie band. I could dance around on stage and it wouldn't be so much about me.

When I listen to a Coldplay record, you're gonna hear an indie band, and you know that's what you're gonna get from Coldplay. With myself, I'm not sure it's the same.

I feel like there are a number of indie artists... as they grow, it makes the most sense for them to pivot to pop, to become bigger artists. And I feel like that's when people get really bad, you know? I didn't want to fall into that pitfall.

Whether I'm on a major or an indie, I don't think this is important, but at the same time I do.

Individualism is a formidable lie.

I'm not a slave to fashion; I'm into exercising my individuality.

I followed my own self and individuality so much that it automatically made me a game changer or set me apart from others. I did not think it was necessary to do things the way others are doing it.

I like to indulge all the facets of my personality. There's none that I don't think, in a way, I would want to take away from.

I don't indulge in double meaning humor.

I look at it like this: I'm being myself, everybody else in my industry is faking it.

When I came into this industry, I was never afraid to be myself.

There's nothing worse that you can do than create an aura about a company that's not substantiated by fact. It's not only ineffective but actually harmful to the company. You can create an image or whatever, but it won't stick.

I go out there and make a fool of myself. It's inevitable.

I hope people online understand that the celebrity culture we've created is not really real. So when they're speaking to and about me, I'm a person, so I'm going to make mistakes. It's inevitable because I'm human.

It's inevitable that if you write an album or a song, obviously it's going to come from how you feel. You're writing it for yourself, it's just the way it is.