Quotes About Authenticity

Bring Down The WallsI will bring down the wallsthat surround me today.I will no longer be kept quietMeek enough to drown today....

Unhappiness comes from living the life of two people--the one people want you to be and the one you want to be.

Why am I trying to be somebody? I am somebody.

All of the years I spent trying to be someone you could be proud of would have been better spent being proud of myself for who I already was.

People shouldn't be ashamed of what they are. And it will help them, to gain self esteem and confidence.

There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do.

Never be ashamed of who you are. True shame always belongs to the person that enjoys being ashamed of who you are.

Learn from all, but copy none and just be yourself.

Do not underrate yourself trying to be somebody else.

When you forget about your self consciousness for a moment, you forget about your true self, your real you and your true purpose for a moment

It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.

The coolest thing is when you don't care about being cool.

Why should I care what other people think of me? I am who I am. And who I wanna be.

If you've gotta think about being cool, you ain't cool.

When I see other rappers' lyrics of "I don't do what I don't like to do", I feel like it's really cool and there's also an envious side to me about it.

The great thing about getting older is that you learn not to care about being cool. I'm happy with who I am, I know what I like and I can't see myself changing… not for a little while, at least.

I hate people who act too cool for school. Just own up to it, dude.

The music that I make isn't really like any of the music that I listen to. I think I listen to cool music, but I know that I don't make cool music - so it's kind of funny!

When you are 16 you are supposed to be doing cool things, like sneaking alcohol, not living in Disney World and doing skits about mice.

I don't want to tell people where to go get all my cool stuff.

Conforming is not cool. Embracing who you are and what makes you different is actually what's really cool.

I was never the cool kid, I was never hot in high school. I was never popular. You don't have to be perfect and you don't have to be rich and you can still be successful.

I don't hate Coldplay to be cool I genuinely hate Coldplay.

You don't want to be too cool. But you don't want to be too dorky. Still, I find it so much better to see a guy at a club being a dork, and having fun, than trying to be sexy.