Quotes About Authenticity

Open communication is the biggest turn-on.

I have turned down a lot of money for things that would have made me feel cheesy.

I've never turned my back on country music.

When I turned 18, my agent was like, 'You should change from Ricky to Rick.' So I thought it was a good idea. Rick never really fit. I tried for 18 years to make it work, and no one wanted to call me Rick. It should always have been Ricky. That's what it always should have been, so I'm going back to it.

I just think that things should be allowed to run their course, and not turned into a Disney ride.

The problem turned out to be that I never was that kind of an artist.

Buying my new house in the country wasn't about showing off or being something I'm not, like Madonna when she turned into the country lass with her tweeds on.

When James Frey's 'A Million Little Pieces' turned out to be largely bunk, critics everywhere secretly rejoiced. They knew it, they said.

Ever since I turned 40, I just feel people are appreciative of the fact that I am what I am.

My comedy is my life turned into jokes. I think a lot of people wouldn't like that because you end up talking about stuff where you don't always come out so well. You have to be prepared to say, 'This is me, being a prat.'

I have the same friends I had before I turned a singer or an actor.

Pink is what I do. Alecia is who I am. The world has taken Pink and turned it into this thing, a brand - a snarl.

There were times I was told, 'You are too gay.' I turned down a lot of things because producers said they wanted me to be different. I said, 'It's not going to happen.'

Being a journalist, you write what you see. If we can't do that, what use are we? I turned years of training on myself.

I wanted to give an honest insight into a consuming Tour. It's turned out pretty interesting because there aren't many books out there documenting someone's failure.

I love a lot of the '70s singers: Pam Grier from the 'Foxy Brown' movie, Diana Ross, Tina Turner. They've always been able to embrace their hair, and they've never been afraid to take risks and go all out and make it thick and fun and a statement at the same time.

I'm the same Nina Turner, whether I'm on MSNBC or talking to my hometown newspaper or CNN.

Acting is standing up naked and turning around very slowly.

I didn't want to be told what to do. I don't want to water down my music to fit into their formats. I know what rock and roll is to me, but everything's turning into one big commercial.

I am not interested in being a Barbie doll and turning myself into a sausage for the next 20 years. I want to follow actresses like Helen Mirren and Judi Dench who have lines on their faces and aren't afraid of playing their age.

I think that turning on the charm without being fake is really important.

I used to not be really honest with girls and then I dropped a song called 'Starry Room' and then I started turning over a new leaf.

The most successful politicians are the ones who embrace their best traits while turning their liabilities into loveable attributes. And yet, many a candidate tries to run as something they aren't simply because the strategy dictates it.

You don't always have to have a record out. I'm not a sausage factory, you know, turning out records every year.