Quotes About Authenticity

I'm done saying 'I'm sorry I wasn't who you needed or wanted me to be' to everybody in my life.

I'm consumed with what I didn't do. I know I should've come out sooner, and I'm sorry for that.

The 'Bachelor' producers have scripted and are responsible for certain events: the first moon landing, the end of the cold war, Astro-turf, and the Internet (sorry, Al Gore, it was us). But we are not responsible for, nor have we ever scripted, the ending of this show.

I'm very genuine to who I am, and I'm sorry if people don't like me now.

I would like to see sexiness sort of embodied in people's real bodies, as opposed to those bodies that are just full of narcissism.

Celebrity and actor are two completely different professions, and I don't believe that they mix if you want to maintain any sort of credibility.

I would never have achieved what I've achieved now if I hadn't sorted myself out from the inside. It's all about who I am, not the way I look.

I have never gone out of fashion. And do you know why? Because I never sought it. When you don't seek it, it's always with you.

Since my boyhood, I have sought always to please, but out of a kindness in me, never out of fear or respect for what was in others.

I've always sought to get after something that's foundational in people. That comes through my faith, through my belief in life, through trying to hit something that's true every time. I think that's really where you move people, when you touch on something that's true, that's not based on fluff or based on a moment or a movement.

I am not interested in anything that doesn't have a genuine heart to it. You've got to have soul in the hole. If that isn't there, I don't see the point.

I like girls who are self-deprecating. I like girls who make fun of themselves. If you can't poke fun at yourself, what are you? I just want someone with a good soul. That's about it. The rest I'm really flexible on.

I'm never gonna sell my soul or violate myself for no amount of dollars or fame.

One of my proudest moments is I didn't sell my soul for the sake of popularity.

I could never sit down and say: I'm going to do an out-and-out comedy, just to prove to people I can. You've just got to do what you do. Just listen to your soul and do your art and do it for the right reasons, and then you can't fail.

The cynicism that you have is not your real soul.

It's very hard to not give in, to sell your soul: to flatter a more experienced male person of power, a producer or director, in order to get what you want. You feel a pressure to flutter your eyelashes and flirt because you know that will work, and I think it's admirable to not do that.

In the end, I don't think you can find soul. Soul finds you.

I always really loved soul music but all my friends were into the new romantic scene. I'd go to new romantic clubs and then go home and listen to soul music. I was sort of ashamed of listening to disco and soul music!

People have this perception of soul music of somebody shouting.

If you are a soul singer, you are a soul singer. If you are a heavy metal singer, then you are a heavy metal singer. What's color got to do with it? I don't go around thinking, 'I sing soul music and I'm white.' I just sing the way I feel.

I'm really maturing into soul music. It's not my attempt or karaoke try. I feel like I really embody the music now that I am 36.

As long as the songs are strong, I think you can express yourself in any style and have it be soulful and have it be your own voice.

I don't like labels, but I do have blue eyes and I'm soulful, so what am I going to do?