Quotes About Authenticity

I wanted something where I could have the clearest and most unfiltered artistic and creative voice.

I'm not artistic nor am I all that creative.

As Devin, the person, I'm very different from my artistic self.

It's about being true to my artistry, which I've been doing. It's super important to do smart films.

The moment you start thinking about what other people and other artists think, you're going to start writing like other people.

I wanted all my life to give my world into other arts - books, plays, movies - but I didn't want to sell out.

I think it's the way I talk. I think they thought I was too country. And I'm not ashamed of that by any means.

I am not ashamed of anything - not my past, not my affairs, not my body, and most definitely not my desire.

I have nothing to be ashamed of. And I love to talk about the things that I am ashamed of.

The things people are ashamed of come through in whatever their outerwear is. I suppose I am always looking for that, even if it's somebody who, on the outside, seems to be perfect.

I just want to make music that people hear, and I'm not ashamed of that.

I'm not ashamed of who I am.

It's not about me. It's about not having to be ashamed.

I don't think I like characters who are afraid and ashamed of who they are.

I've never made a record that I'm ashamed of.

I have never been ashamed of whatever I do.

I'm a very open person, and I am not ashamed of it being out there. It's part of life.

I'm not ashamed to speak about anything. And what I'm telling you is real; it's from the heart.

I give the worst possible relationship advice to people. I am not ashamed.

I'm not ashamed to speak my mind. What you see is what you get. You're not going to get a two-faced person who is going to say one thing and mean another.

I do not let anyone make me feel ashamed of being who I am.

One point, however, I may insist on; all trickery, all deception, is certain to be discovered and to result in doing harm; whereas every situation presents less danger if a man plants himself firmly on his own truthfulness.

A naked woman is less dangerous than one who spreads her skirt skillfully to cover and exhibit everything at once.

to find this kind of love, you have to enter deep country.