Quotes About Authenticity

In the very early days of Wham! the attention felt great, but I do wonder how much freedom I gave away by trying to become something I wasn't.

Black women have earned the right to be basic.

To some degree, I think playing yourself has to be earned.

I am proud of the fact I would never tamper with my looks. I love the fact I have earned every line and wrinkle.

I just wish that I am always true to my work and myself and value the respect that my parents have earned.

We are always on stage, even when we are stabbed in earnest at the end.

People tend to think I'm a lot more earnest than I am.

I just really like it when things are earnest.

With Sleater-Kinney, we have a lot of earnest fans, and we were an earnest band.

What we earnestly aspire to be, that in some sense we are.

I do keep my eyes and ears open but I don't spend a lot of time looking at what other people are doing to see how I can fit in.

I'm down to earth; people sense that and they appreciate it.

I admire people who are completely at ease with themselves. But I don't have that feeling.

If I never showed my face, it would kind of be easier.

It just gets easier in that you become more you in the process.

I think the easiest story to tell is your own.

The easiest way to make television authentic is to make it really authentic.

I have found for me, and it should be the same for everybody, that it is easiest just to be how you are. Be the true you and there is no need to act differently. It has always been like that.

Acting like the person I'm supposed to be has always been the easiest thing for me.

I've always been able to get inside a song really easily, and if it's my song, I can make it seem honest.

I live in east London, but I'm not cool.

The way that I dress is the way I've always dressed. The way I've eaten is how I've always eaten. I dress like a 5-year-old, and I eat like a 5-year-old.

If you are serious about your work, honest and straight-forward, you are labelled eccentric.

I won't change the way I talk for anyone. I'll do it for work but not because I think someone will like me more if I take the edge off.