Quotes About Authenticity

Everything we did, we did live - and then Bobby took it home and chopped it up and edited it. Which is pretty much what they did with every jazz record you've ever heard.

It doesn't matter if I ever win another award or get to play another major jazz festival in America. I would rather not garner any of those things and speak honestly about the things that I see my people endure in this country and all over the world.

I wanted to be as authentic as possible because, first of all, Jean Shrimpton is still alive. And, she's interesting enough to be played accurately. I didn't need to add things.

If I ever get married myself, it'll be in jeans.

I tend to wear boots, jeans, and T-shirts everywhere I go, and a hat.

I grew up in the 90s in the time of grunge when if you didn't go on stage in jeans and a T shirt you weren't 'real.' That seemed ridiculous to me.

I'm the girl who will show up in jeans no matter what - but the jeans can get fancier and fancier.

I wore ripped jeans and headbands before people wore that. I've been this guy ever since.

I don't think I do look like an A-Lister. I'm more interested in being comfortable in my own skin than trying to be somebody I'm not. Gimme jeans, an old T-shirt, cowboy boots and a baseball cap any day.

I don't get dressed up every day. I'm very busy. I get really annoyed when people talk about me as a 'fashionista.' I get dressed up when I have to go out. Most of the time, I'm running around in jeans.

I wear a lot of black, and it's not because I'm depressed or anything. I like black jeans - they're pretty much the only colored jeans I wear. James Jeans have the most comfortable fabric. I'd say in general, I dress pretty comfortably.

I could wear a dress one day and boyfriend jeans the next. I usually just want to make sure I'm comfortable.

I've been in T- shirts and jeans since I was a kid. I don't have to show you a bunch of my skin for you to listen to my songs.

The image is never created by you. It's created by the media, by the people around you. In my real-life self, I would be without make up and in jeans and a T-shirt. But when I'm outside, I'm dressed up. It's not because I enjoy doing it.

Me and my friends, we wear jeans and no make-up. And people still love us.

If it was up to me I would wear riding clothes most of the day or jeans and a man's shirt.

I'm a director... I don't wear any makeup, and wear jeans every day.

Lincoln is distinguished from every other president, with the exception of Jefferson, in that we can be certain that he wrote every word to which his name is attached.

I admire actresses like Jennifer Lawrence, who says what she thinks.

My real name - my real name is Jennifer Caban.

The way that you are when you're allowed to be yourself is very different from when you're, say, being interviewed by Jeremy Paxman. You're never given the breathing space.

There's a directness and a feistiness to being from Jersey.

There's a lot more to us than what you see on 'Jersey Shore.'

We have to tell our story at 'Ebony' and 'Jet' like no one else can. We have the authenticity; we have the believability. And I think that's what we have to own.