Quotes About Authenticity

The lesson was clear and I learned it well: blind acquiescence was necessary to gain approval; being yourself only earned condemnation.

Looking back, I realized that we were being raised to be schizophrenic; an appearance of perfection was more important than genuine feelings

My father... had told me: Appearance is a distraction, surrendering it develops humility and truth in abundance.

When I was growing up, in this country, I would use the name Hillary and in Spain, I would use the name Hilaria.

Don't spam your music to people... let the people around you share it.

A lot of people say when you get a short life span you want to go out and do all of this crazy stuff like go bungee jumping and travel to exotic places. But you just want to live.

I would like for people to hear my music and hear/realize that people and experiences are deeper than what's at face value. Hopefully, with the span of my career, I can try to convey that in more ways than one.

I'm very, very Spanish. I have fat cheeks on both ends. I'm sitting on my Spanish part. And it's my heart, the way I am, the way I speak. It has nothing to do with the way I look.

I speak a little Italian and Spanish because of where I grew up. I also am well-versed in Angelino slang and corporate Euro-speak. I don't like gimmicks. The biggest gimmick of all is trying to fit in and be 'normal'. I will always be myself no matter what. Crazy is a compliment. Flashback.

When I was younger, there was that desire to be cool and to fit in and to look a certain way. And I was quite an introverted kid who wrote plays in her spare time, so I didn't feel very cool.

My life is fancy dress, so I prefer not to do it in my spare time.

I wasn't intentionally trying to be different, but that was an element of what I naturally do that happened to be unique enough to spark a curiosity for people.

I've never been interested in things that sparkle and shine; I'm more interested in people.

I'm such a believer in 'if you're beautiful on the inside it really shows on the outside.' I know a lot of people who are physically very beautiful, but their inside doesn't represent that. So to me, it just doesn't come across as having a sparkle to them or an energy that just radiates.

I always wanted to be an actress. And it wasn't ego. I felt so little about myself, considered myself such a sparrow. Not just my size. I thought I was so plain... I did plays not to show off but because if I did that - I didn't realize it at the time - I would be somebody other than this person I didn't really approve of.

Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.

There are people out there who don't like me, and that's because I speak out the way I feel.

Instead of sounding pretentious, phony, or repetitive, I'd rather not speak.

Speak for yourself and from yourself, or be silent.

You ain't got to run your mouth. All you got to do is let you actions speak.

I can't speak for other people, but for me, I feel like gone are the days that you need to come out of a closet. I never felt like I was in a closet. I never did. I always felt comfortable with who I am and the decisions I made.

I've never done anything deliberately; I just speak my mind, and that is what I consistently do and will always do in any way shape or form that I can.

It's not my fault that people don't know me. I'm going to speak my mind, no matter what the consequences are.

I want to speak to people directly as much as possible.