Quotes About Authenticity

Let's get one thing straight: there's no such thing as the Bristol sound.

I am not a politician. I'm an American businessman and entrepreneur that have built two businesses, and I try to play it straight with people.

Sometimes with people I know, they're playing the hunky action guy and there's resistance to them coming out because it's so connected to straight masculinity. There's a plastic kind of movie star who has a very short shelf with very small kind of ambition. I see that but I still don't agree with it.

So the fact that a lot of straight men have gone on to play iconic gay roles and to be lauded for that is fantastic, that that story is being told. But wouldn't it be brilliant to see gay men play their own experience?

I played a lot of real normal, straight sessions.

I love straight guys that seem gay. I'm a little like that.

A liberal pretending to be a conservative? That's like a straight person pretending to be gay to get greater acceptance.

I stayed with my pants to the back and my big clothes for as long as I wanted to, and when I felt like, 'Oh all these girls giving body, let me show I got something to work with too.' So that's what that was all about. It had nothing to do with letting people know I was straight or gay.

I like having a private name and a public name. It helps keep things straight.

You feel me' - that's straight from me. You can put a stamp on that.

Republicans prefer straight talk to politically correct talk!

The adage that you're either gay or straight or you're lying, well, that's not true. Bisexuality does exist.

I've never been the straight rapper that is going to stand in a cipher and battle all day. I started off battle rapping, but to me, making songs became more important than freestyles... I've met many rappers who can freestyle but can't make a record.

I'm a normal lad, and if that changes, my family and friends will kick me straight back down, so it definitely won't be changing.

There's people who live life authentically and there's people who live a life of fabrication. And it begins with the question of how you're gonna do your time. And these are observations I made about Folsom when I was there with Dustin Hoffman when he was directing 'Straight Time.'

Being able to live my life transparently does empower me to feel like I can be myself more. It's easier for me to flirt with girls now that girls know that I'm gay. It almost makes it a sexier encounter than if I was trying to pretend that I was straight.

America is a country that prides itself on being able to identify a 'straight shooter' or 'the genuine article' when it comes to our leaders. As a nation, we can 'feel it in our gut' when someone is giving us a bum steer.

Well, to tell you the straight honest truth, it was like a Grateful Dead cover band. I didn't feel - and nothing against the guys - I didn't feel that they were opening up like they should. I'll tell you what, with guitar players, Steven has what I like in guitar players.

I'm a straight shooter, a New York City girl. I see things as they are and call them as they are.

It's very hard to play the straight lead girl and still make her sparkly and fun and real.

I need to set the record straight for myself.

No one knew I was gay growing up but I was bullied. I was a cheerleader, fairly popular and considered straight.

You have to live what you write, or you have to know it. There are exceptions, like story songs, where you just have to have your facts straight. But I think you don't have to live a hard life to be a good or interesting songwriter.

I wanted so badly to be straight like my friends. But I couldn't change it any more than I could change having brown eyes. And I knew I would never fit into what kids thought was normal.