Quotes About Authenticity

If I was going to do Fall Out Boy, I wanted it to be a real outlet for my writing.

People are trying to find an outlet to tell their truth.

Music is an outlet, so I'm not going to get things out that aren't true. Sometimes I do exaggerate - but only a little bit.

You don't need mainstream media outlets, the big TV looks, or the magazine covers.

At the end of the day, I'm just trying to write a song that I like, that I'm not afraid to turn loose on the world. I do read a lot. I know a lot of people who read more, but I do try to keep a book in my hand most of the time, and I think that informs any kind of output that I'm going to have.

I just couldn't keep on trying to please people. It was hindering my creative output, and I had to be honest with myself.

When you have satire, it has to be real. No matter how outrageous the comedy becomes, you have to believe in the characters.

I want to show people that there's a side of myself other than just the outrageous comedian.

I like it when characters respond to things that are outrageous and movie-like in an authentic way.

You never want to just be outrageous for outrageous' sake 'cause then it doesn't work, and it's not believable. You want to be as true to whatever character you're playing.

I became the master of playing the straight bat - I would go to bars with the boys, I would always be the one to start a fight, to be outrageous and drink the most. I even went to the extreme of marrying the perfect woman for me.

At the outset, I think that one should be natural, not just when it comes to writing but in every area of life. If you try to be something that you are not just to impress others, then it's a rather sad life.

Ideally, musicians belong outside the Establishment. When they cross that line, it's like something in them has died.

I don't care if I'm beautiful; I don't care what I am on the outside. It isn't about the outside.

Existing outside of irony is so hard.

If you are not strong from inside you can never look beautiful from outside.

But I've never felt that being an actress is being in a comfortable place. It's seen from the outside that we're being driven in big cars and having these gorgeous suites and all of that. But come on, it's not about that.

Authenticity means erasing the gap between what you firmly believe inside and what you reveal to the outside world.

Our readers get what we do, and I don't think about what it's going to look like to the outside world. I don't really care.

I think if I was Trinidadian, I would latch more on to the myths and romanticise the place more. I don't think it's my place to do that - they're not really mine. I'm an outsider.

I'm just trying to have fun, and maybe the way I hold myself kind of freaks people out. I don't feel like an outsider, and I think my friends feel the same way I do. Now that we're playing to larger audiences, maybe we're weird to some people. But I'm trying to express what I am.

I am an outsider. I was never offered the kind of roles where I could play the glamorous diva, because there are already so many of them doing it - and doing it well. So I had to bring to the table much more than just looking good.

No, as much of an insider as I become, I will still always be an outsider. It's just the essence of me being who I am and doing what I do.

I feel like I can be myself in L.A. I feel like Mississippi is a little close-minded; not all of Mississippi is, but just the part that I came from. They really don't get outsiders.