Quotes About Authenticity

Everybody - every single person - has a story. Find yours and tell it in your voice.

If you have a secret, and it's embarrassing to you, when you tell that story - you own it. It becomes yours, and no one can use it against you.

If you're trying to please everyone, then you're not going to make anything that is honestly yours, I don't think, in the long run.

You're creating ' it comes from the heart, the spirit, the soul. You're not manufacturing somebody else's plan, somebody else's blueprint, somebody else's idea that's not yours. So when you're creating, that's the beauty side of art, you know? It comes from within you.

When you are looking to be validated by others, you are living according to their values, not yours.

Everything is just so much more romantic and real when it's yours and it's private.

Whatever you wear, you have to own it. Make it yours.

I want everything to be an honest extension of me. What better way than me talking? It's a direct connection with everyone. With film and television, you make great projects, but stand-up is the thing that is completely yours.

It's funny because as a rapper, there is - and this is something that Clipping challenges all the time - there is this idea about authenticity as a rapper, in the fact that you rap things that are yours. That's not what doing a play is. You're interpreting somebody else's words.

It's actually very important to put a little foundation up into your hairline, or else it looks like your face is not yours - like someone just Photoshopped it on!

You look at guys on the court, man. You got this guy with this brand of shoe, and this guy with this brand - they're just wearing the shoe. But it's a whole different feeling when you got a shoe on, and it's yours.

You make art, you make it from what you know, and that's the best way to make art. You get lost in the details and make something that feels like it's yours.

Love yourself for who you are, and trust me, if you are happy from within, you are the most beautiful person, and your smile is your best asset.

Be yourself, but always your better self.

To me, beauty is natural beauty. If you're naturally yourself, you're beautiful.

Just enjoy every moment - don't stress. Just be yourself.

Stay true to yourself, yet always be open to learn. Work hard, and never give up on your dreams, even when nobody else believes they can come true but you. These are not cliches but real tools you need no matter what you do in life to stay focused on your path.

The best route is to stay humble and stay true to yourself.

Be yourself. Create your own unique style.

Always be yourself. At the end of the day, that's all you've really got; when you strip everything down, that's all you've got, so always be yourself.

Being confident is the key to life. Don't be afraid to be you! I'm super different from a lot of kids my age with style and personality, and I'm OK with it. And if you are OK with it, everyone else will be, too. Just be yourself.

Be yourself. Unapologetically.

Always be your true self, and surround yourself with positive and supportive people.

Don't try to impress people. Always be yourself!