Quotes About Authenticity

I'm not into cliches like 'no time' for love. If I find the right person, I'll definitely find time.

If you are not happy with the song, don't sing it. Simple as that - no-one forces you to do it.

I think honesty is an important thing when writing a song. If you can't sing it with conviction, then no-one else is going to believe it.

I wanted to change my name when I first started because I thought, 'No-one is going to believe that it is my name.'

You watch stuff like 'The Real Housewives' and you start to think, 'We're all so vacuous! Is there any nobility to any of these people?' But then you look out into the world, and there are people who are doing cool stuff with their lives.

My art flatters nobody by imitation; it courts nobody by smoothness, tickles nobody by petiteness... there is no finish in nature.

I don't want nobody to ever say, 'I coulda done that beat' or 'I know where you got that from.'

Nobody looks good getting out of bed.

Don't change for nobody.

Coco Chanel once said that what makes a woman look old is trying desperately to look young. Why should one be ashamed to be 84? Why do you have to say that you're 52? Nobody's going to believe you anyway, so why be such a fool? It's nice that you got to be so old. It's a blessing.

Back in the day, you could have a crap gig, and nobody would film you. Now, everybody's got an iPhone - you have a bad day, and it's going on the Internet.

I didn't have to listen to nobody or look how anybody wanted me to look. I just wanted to be myself and look however I want.

You have to do something different, or you are just the guy who goes out there and has a great match, but nobody cares. You have to have different layers to your character.

Music is so important. Because in Chicago it's up to us to tell the stories nobody else will.

The beauty of knowing yourself is nobody else has to.

Nobody else can tell you what you are.

I just kind of do my own thing. I'm not trying to be like nobody else or nothing like that. Like when I travel, everybody's like, go to Dubai, it's a new thing. I can go to Dubai, but I'm not going to just because I'm not trying to go where everybody is going.

I think people do want to cut through the noise, and they do want straight shooters, and they want you to call people out on the facts when the facts are the facts.

Determine who you are and what your brand is, and what you're not. The rest of it is just a lot of noise.

Do you, and the rest is background noise.

Stop focusing on the noise and the expectations of others, and focus on what makes you happy.

I like blending into the background. Its my job. Though I can be quite noisy and direct sometimes.

I started off making music that made fun of pop; now I'm nominated for helping produce pop songs that aim to be as honest as possible.

I've always told the truth. I think that's been part of the foundation of my career. I don't put myself above people. I don't put myself different than people. And I, for one, know that none of us is immune.