Quotes About Authenticity

People look up to me, like my music, and even follow me on Instagram because they know I'm keeping it real with them.

I'm a believer in feeling good in your skin, so I put bikini pics on my Instagram.

I don't think life is this Instagram fairytale everyone makes it out to be. Life is super heavy.

Whether you're a woman, a transwoman, a person of color, I feel like Instagram is really important for the creation and framing of the self.

You just want to play. You don't think about the money, how many followers you've got on Instagram. You just want to make it. You don't understand the demands, how intense it is at times - the scrutiny you're going to get.

Don't put your love life on Instagram! It's nice to celebrate how you feel at a particular time, but don't get carried away.

I think when people let their inhibitions go, they're so fun and so free. I think we all have it within us, but the world, your job, responsibilities, stupid stuff you have to do as a grownup, Instagram, makes you feel like you always have to be cool, and I like any opportunity where you don't have to always be cool.

None of us have it all together; it just seems that way on Instagram.

Some might see me on Instagram or Twitter and think otherwise, but when you really get to know me, I'm a likable guy. So that's why I think that people are drawn to me.

I'm a big believer in honesty, and in this Instagram world, it's important to remember that not everyone's lives are perfect.

It's important to remember that what you see on Instagram is not reality. I find it hard to not be on my phone the whole time comparing myself to what I see on social media.

My Instagram doesn't cover my insecurities, my lack of self-confidence, that week I spent crying... there's a question of whether I should be sharing that online.

Instagram is kind of a big lie at the end of the day.

When I put about my anxiety on social media, I decided I'm just going to be honest about it. I'm really glad I did it because I do think social media has taken over everyone's lives right now, especially the young ones. Kids are rocking around with Instagram at 5.

I know all this Instagram thing, looking online and wanting to look like other people, I was doing that massively. You lose yourself a bit.

In a way, Instagram is a space where I edit and show what I want to show. But at some point, I thought, 'Am I really this person?' People like my shiny look, but to me, I'm a much different person than her.

I use the products I endorse. For instance, I always carry the new Lakme Lip Love that I launched, and if you come home, there is one on my bedside table, too.

Instant fame, attention, getting flown around the world and those other fringe benefits never really rang true for me.

I don't try to write songs that will further my career. I write about things that I care about. I don't have a career as much as I'm having an adventure with a guitar. I never liked the business way of doing it. You have to follow some sort of instinct.

Everything I have is natural. I do everything by instinct. I am not like the 'gringos,' with all of their apparatus.

You've got to go with what feels instinctive and true to your heart, and filter out all of the other stuff.

I don't read anything about myself. As a child, there was something in me that was just instinctive. I want to be clear in my spirit, and I don't want to be blocked by things that get inside of you and kill you.

Character is that quality of mind which makes truth-telling instinctive rather than strange.

You have to be true to your instinctive way of writing. You have to find your identity.