Quotes About Authenticity

Not everyone has to be a model and a designer, there are so many other options that are great and long-lasting. It's just finding what you're good at and being honest with yourself.

I didn't do 'Orange' because I knew it was good. I wanted to do this because it feels good. And I just knew that was the place I needed, wanted to be.

The first nine albums there was never a Synthesiser, never any Orchestra. There was never any other player except us on the albums.

In order for us to appreciate this world, we have to be a bit more honest, and I hope I do that.

I feel like in order for something to connect to an audience there needs to be a form of authenticity.

I've never been a method actress; I've never been that person that wants to imagine horrible things happening in your own life in order to exploit them for your emotional being in the movie. I'm just not good at doing that.

I just see myself as just an ordinary chick from Florida, not some beautiful woman.

I want people to think I'm sexy, but to know also that I've got an ordinary body and not feel intimidated.

Well, honestly I feel like an ordinary woman.

I was so ordinary, critics couldn't understand it, but looking back, that was the reason for my success. What you see is what you get. People thought, 'I could do that.'

In our ordinary experiences with other people, we know that approaching each other in a machinelike way gets us into trouble.

I named my album 'So Uncool' because it defies the ordinary: you're different from everyone else. It's like, being uncool makes you cool because you're different!

There are certain things that ordinary people have that celebrities don't have.

Oh, everything we did was completely organic - from the way we looked to the way we sounded, the way we played - everything.

My collaborations tend to be pretty organic. It starts off with me being a fan first.

All the historical elements should feel organic to the story but not hammered down to serve a purpose.

I want to try different things but, most importantly, always be true to my roots and keep it organic. I'm never going to leave bachata behind. I'm always going to be a bachatero first.

I'm an introvert, but I disguise my introversion by being an extrovert. If I don't have to be around people, I'm not. If I'm around people, I'm gonna do my thing. But I'm not really with the fake kickin' it - everything's organic, everything's natural.

It should be natural, and that's how I like women to look. I like them to feel comfortable and look organic.

I don't want to do something unless it feels organic.

If it doesn't feel organic to the audience, you gotta trust your gut.

When I first became a mother, I didn't want my son to have any extra exposure to what I did. I had this theory that if he wanted to do what I do for a living, it should be organic and come from him, not from the fact that this was just what he saw all the time.

If I couldn't get to where I wanted to by being my organic self - which is a smart, funny, unapologetically black woman - then I felt like it's not worth doing it if I can't do it the most organic way possible. Which is why I left the music business.

On stage, you have nothing to hide behind. It allows the work to live in a more organic place. It's almost like a meditation. You have to go on that stage and be as present as possible.