Quotes About Authenticity

Don't worry about what the people say; be yourself, say what you want to say WITH respect.

I'm very anxious not to fall into archaism or 'literary' diction. I want my vocabulary to have a very large range, but the words must be alive.

No-one wants to feel like they're constantly auditioning for a place in your life.

I'm a moron because I don't want to lie in a gutter puking over myself... yeah right

Just real. I want to have the freedom to do whatever I want. And more importantly, I want to have the freedom to bring everyone else along with me.

As far as my solo record, I don't want a gold record or anything, I'm happy to be small and to have the people appreciate the music who really like me for being me.

I may be boring, but that's okay; I don't want to hard-sell myself.

Staying vulnerable is a risk we have to take if we want to experience connection.

All the other stuff without love? Not worth a whole lot. Love starts with ourselves and needs to be approached like anything else we want to master-with a lot of diligent studying and practicing!

I feel like whenever you dress for someone else you probably won't be as comfortable, because that's not what you genuinely want to wear.

We cannot be all the writers all the time. We can only be who we are. Which leads me to my second point: writers do not write what they want, they write what they can.

Irreversible is not glamorous at all. I try to do different things because I want to grow as an actress and I like to take risks

Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally. Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.

I don't pretend to be perfect. I want people to see me as I am.

There's a responsibility as a musician to do the music that you want to hear.

I would never say, "I'm going to do these things in a video to be a role model so people make me a role model." I want to be myself.

Reading what people say makes me want to be me even more.

Cowards, I believe, are people who are afraid to embrace what they want or need in a natural, honest way.

You should always speak your mind, and be bold, and be obnoxious, and do whatever you want and don't let anybody tell you to stop it.

Men put all kinds of expectations on you. They want you to scream 'You're the best' while swearing you've never done this with anyone before.

People want honest, flavourful food, not some show-off meal that takes days to prepare.

I advise writing to oneself. If you don't want to read it, nobody else is going to read it.

One of the most important results you can bring into the world is the you that you really want to be.

I don't care where the Cure is placed in the pantheon of rock. I don't care if we're perceived as relevant. We're never worried how we fit in. I don't even want to fit in.