Quotes About Authenticity

I believe when we look different and carry something different, people are going to see that and want it too.

Punk became a circus didn't it? Everybody got it wrong. The message was supposed to be: Don't follow us, do what you want!

Value those colleagues who tell you the truth, not just what you want to hear.

Camouflage is a game we all like to play, but our secrets are as surely revealed by what we want to seem to be as by what we want to conceal.

A friend tells you what you want to hear;a best friend tells you the truth.

Native plants give us a sense of where we are in this great land of ours. I want Texas to look like Texas and Vermont to look like Vermont.

I can't imagine a duller fate than being the best-dressed woman in reality. When I want to do something, I don't pause to contemplate whether I'm exquisitely gowned. I want to live, not pose!

Sometimes people say I should see a therapist, but I don't want any therapist wrecking my weirdness.

But I, that am not shaped for sportive tricks, Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass; I, that am rudely stamped, and want love's majesty To strut before a wanton ambling nymph.

Make sure that you always follow your heart and your gut, and let yourself be who you want to be, and who you know you are. And don't let anyone steal your joy.

Be who you want to be - be free in your own skin, be liberated and feel beautiful, and do what you want to do without judgement

I always tried so hard to fit in, and then I figured out that I didn't want to fit.

People want to see musicians sing things that come from their own mind and own heart in real time, responding to the moment for them.

Do what you want to do, and don't worry if it's a little odd or doesn't fit the market.

When the ancient Masters said, "If you want to be given everything, give everything up," they weren't using empty phrases. Only in being lived by the Tao can you be truly yourself.

If people are going to hate me, I want them to hate me for the right reasons

People who want to manipulate you will fear your joy, because it's not easily controlled.

Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say.

Hotness to me is scary. I don't want to be hot. I just want to be a staple. I want to be something that's trusted.

We have the power to choose, moment by moment, who and how we want to be in the world.

What millennials really want from the church is not a change in style but a change in substance.

Do what you want, and if people are going to judge you for it, who cares? You might not fit in, but that's okay. Everyone thought I was weird in high school!

The musicians that didn't know music could play the best blues. I know that I don't want no musicians who know all about music playin' for me.

As there begins to be less time ahead of you, you want to be exactly who you are, without making it easier for everyone else.