Quotes About Authenticity

I would never be comfortable with an edited name. I have never hidden the fact that I am of Indian origin.

If you can just be yourself, then you have to be original because there's no one like you.

Don't be a blueprint. Be an original.

They call it a reunion for a reason. It's called bringing the original members back to what it was. So there's a lot of these things that they call reunions that aren't really reunions. They've got one dude from the band floating around in them, you know. That's not a true reunion. With Pantera, it'll never be possible.

Most of my cliches aren't original.

When people are very original, sometimes they are original as a way to resist the mainstream.

Without a doubt, I was born to want to make cinema, but the kind of cinema I want to make is not like commercial movies, which I enjoy myself, but I wanted to be the kind of filmmaker who wrote original work, sort of like a novelist would who deals with who we are and our times or our relationships.

I don't want ever to be guilty of what my critics claim: doing formula without original elements.

I'm constantly trying to be as original as I can.

If you, like, consciously think about being cool, you're not cool. If you consciously think about being, like, different or original, you ain't different or original.

My fans are like no other. Completely original people.

I wanted to play my original music, but it was really hard because a lot of the people who would come out to the shows found out about me through 'The Voice' and wanted to hear covers.

I think originality is something that's important and catches people's eye.

I have always loved originality.

Because of this, originality consists in returning to the origin.

Be original. That's my best advice. You're going to find that there's something that you do well, and try to do it with as much originality as you can, and don't skimp on the words. Work on the words.

I respond to authenticity and originality, and I've been a fan of Don Winslow's ever since 'The Power Of The Dog.'

People believe in my originality more than anything else.

I've always been much more of a guitar picker, but I began to feel forced into a position of being the epitome of a rock & roll guitarist. Originally, TYA wanted to make it without having to compromise to pop. It worked for a while, but after five or six years, the fun went out of it for me; a lot of the music went out of it.

I suppose I am a bit of rough. I'm originally from Coolock: I'm rough around the edges.

It's hard growing up in Hollywood, you know? I'm not from L.A. originally.

Most Americans never work as hard as when they're trying to appear normal, and in New Orleans, we just don't bother with that.

I don't have the habit of wearing ornaments.

I know I'm not the most orthodox kind of player. I just feel normal being like that.