Quotes About Authenticity

You can't always be the jokester and the doormat.

Anyone can play Doors songs, unless it's for an ad for some product.

I'm kind of a dork at being able to dress myself.

I'm just a huge dork, and I hope I always am.

I totally am dorky and weird, and that's fine with me.

We've got too many cool guys for me to try to be cool. We've got enough of that. I can just be boring and dorky.

It's nice not to have to live a double life.

I don't believe in having body doubles for a film.

I think I'm pretty much down to earth, and I'm not really way, way out there.

I don't want to come off as one of those artists that's not down to earth and real.

I have a lot of people that are down to earth around me.

I always thought that when I got into this business that I was going to have to downplay my Asianness and downplay my queerness, which is not an easy thing for me to do.

Everybody is in drag.

We weren't living with each other on 'Drag Race.'

I've never done drag, but I'd love to try it.

I always say you can be great at drag and not great at 'Drag Race,' and you can be great at 'Drag Race' and not great at drag.

I'm an artist who happens to be in drag. And I think that's why my drag is a little different.

I think if you want to drag, you'll figure it out.

If I had gone to drama school, I wouldn't be sitting here now because it would have blanded me out; it would have just turned me into another actor.

I do get the sense sometimes that if I draw things too nice, maybe I won't be indie-rock enough anymore.

I don't think we know who a lot of these athletes are. We think we do, but they're never allowed to be themselves. Because the minute they try, people are saying, What's wrong with him? Why is he drawing attention to himself?

I'm drawn to the not-so-perfect character.

I seem to be drawn to things that actually happen.

I've always been drawn to the real stuff and the stuff that feels authentic. And so when I'm writing songs, that's what I try to do.