Quotes About Authenticity

When we have gay characters on TV, they're just, kind of, gay for the sake of being gay. That's their personality. That's their whole backstory, that's their future story, that's their present story - it's just gay. Nobody's just gay.

It is just living life intentionally - that is what I want instead of just existing.

In just living my life, there's a responsibility to be true to myself, to be a responsible human.

I want people to see what's inside my head rather than just looking at me.

There are some athletes who I feel like are just looking for likes, and then there are people who are just real.

If you see me walking down the street, you're gonna see the same guy as you do on stage, dressed the same, looking the same, and nothing changes. I'm just one person.

On the first album I was saying, that's just one part of me. And then I was thinking, well, am I going to hide the rest of me now just because I'm afraid of something? No. I'm just going to be myself.

Writing is just something I've always done. It's just kind of the reality of who I am.

The idea that my life would be something I shared with the public wasn't just something that I assumed - it was something that I actively wanted. I still want it.

I do it because I can't seem to live with myself if I do not. I don't know any other way to be. It isn't something you can explain; it is just something that you do; it is something that you are.

Acting and making art is just something I love to do, and I love to tell stories that feel important, honest and necessary.

Fighting's not me - it's just something that I do.

I've never been truly closeted on the air; it's just something I never really made a big deal out of because I never felt like I wanted to push an agenda or push it any further than I felt comfortable with.

Cool is just something we've never been.

I needed freedom to really express myself. That's really what Justified is about.

There will be people who don't like you or aren't convinced. I'd rather let my work talk than justify in words.

You don't need to ever justify the way you feel.

If it's not coming from your heart and if you don't believe it, then more than likely you're not going to be able to bring yourself to performances that justify playing.

I listen to some Justin Beiber. I'm not going to lie about that.

Not to speak disparagingly of Justin Bieber or Rihanna, but they're not so hands-on with their image or their sound. They don't write the music. They have people doing things for them.

I love performing for kids, but you can't play down to them, of course. Then it would be 'Captain Kangaroo.'

Black people are not a monolith. Black people have different thoughts. And sometimes people just need to hear the harsh truth - even myself. But you can't manufacture a hard truth and place it on somebody. When Kanye says slavery was a choice, that's not a harsh truth.

I can't just sing karaoke; I can't do anything to try to sound like other people. I have to find what I naturally sound like and emphasize that.

I have this original style that I want to show to the world. I don't want to be kind of this beat down, bruise-you-up kind of dude and have Karl Anderson cut all my promos for me. I don't want to have to do that.