Quotes About Authenticity

If you really want to get along with somebody, let them be themselves.

I don't care what I look like; it's how people think of me. And I do care how people think of me. I want people to say, 'Oh, she's nice,' rather than, 'Oh, she's so pretty.'

I just want people to know that I'm a good person, and I'm not a thug like everybody thinks I am.

I think the biggest misconception about me is people really don't know who I really am. They see the party side of me, they see the crazy side of me. But I also have a laid-back side. You know, I'm chill, down to earth. If you want to grab a cup of coffee and just talk about life, I can do that.

I think all jocks have a sensitive side. It's just, will they show it to anybody? Will they let their guard down and stop being tough and the cool jock guy around their friends, or just relax? I don't know if it's best to say opening up, but just relax and really say what you're actually thinking, and not what you think people want to hear.

I want to make things of quality. I'm a big believer in handmade, tactile, crafted pieces. I want to keep that tradition alive.

I think, a lot of times, people just want to be cool, and to be in love is not cool. But I think it's the coolest. I think love is the coolest thing that there is.

If you like something, rock it. If you want to rock a cape every day, go for it.

I ain't want my kids to grow up and call me Thug. I don't want anybody to kind of look at me like that. So I'm gonna just use my real name.

I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their job.

I don't want something special. I want something beautifully plain.

If you want someone to say, 'She's so sweet, and she's so cute, and, honey, point your foot,' that's not my school. You can go to the YMCA and have a nobody teach your kid if that's what you want to hear.

Beauty is only skin deep. If you go after someone just because she's beautiful but don't have anything to talk about, it's going to get boring fast. You want to look beyond the surface and see if you can have fun or if you have anything in common with this person.

The question isn't, 'What do we want to know about people?', It's, 'What do people want to tell about themselves?'

I suppose my best attribute, if you want to call it that, is sincerity. I can sell sincerity because that's the way I am.

I just want people to be the best thems and live the happiest lives possible.

This is who I am. I'm not perfect. I don't want to try to be perfect.

I want to die with my blue jeans on.

I want to encourage people to be themselves and express themselves however they want.

I always want to stay focused on who I am, even as I'm discovering who I am.

I'm gonna make what I want to make, and other people are gonna like what they're gonna like. It doesn't really matter.

We all want to be normal, but it's relative to individuality. My normal is not your normal.

You're not going to say anything about me that I'm not going to say about myself. There's so many things that I think about myself; if someone really wanted to get at me, they could say this and this and this. So I'm going to say it before they can. It's the best policy for me.

I've never wanted anybody to like me because I had long hair or short hair, or that they liked the way I dressed or they liked the way I dressed or they liked the way I smile.