Quotes About Authenticity

In the world in which we live, truth is an ancillary virtue, but it shouldn't be.

I loathe and detest people who pretend they don't care what people think about them as if that is a virtue, when it is simply rude.

Thank you for accepting me as I am, with my virtues and defects.

Virtues, like essences, lose their fragrance when exposed.

Authenticity, living your truth, kindness - these are necessary virtues.

I'm not a virtuoso on an instrument. You know, I'm not always singing in pitch. I laugh sometimes my way through the shows, but I'm an honest songwriter who's always tried to bring the audience with me on my journey in hopes that they see their own lives reflected in the work.

I'm not interested in replicating 'Hedwig' like a virus.

When I'm sitting writing, I know that something works if I've made myself cry, or laugh, or have a visceral emotion.

As an actor, when you're winning the moment over, there's a truth to your intention. You might laugh at it or you might cry at it, but I think your visceral reaction to it is a reaction to the truth of the moment.

It's all well and good to turn in a beautiful poetic phrase that ends up on a pillow but I want there to be a visceral response to what I write.

I try not to obfuscate or to be to obscure or to be too cerebral. I like to work on a visceral, emotional level.

Flamenco is the most honest and visceral music. You have to be sincere when you sing it. If you're not, it doesn't work.

It's important that queer people get visibility, particularly when they look, act, and speak in the way that they're comfortable with.

There's power in naming yourself, in proclaiming to the world that this is who you are. Wielding this power is often a difficult step for many transgender people because it's also a very visible one.

The authentic self is the soul made visible.

In this digital age, there is no place to hide behind public relations people. This digital age requires leaders to be visible and authentic and to be able to communicate the decisions they've made and why they've made them, to be able to acknowledge when they've made a mistake and to move forward, to engage in the debate.

It's not a cis-man becoming a cis-woman. It's a trans person just being who they want to be. This is how I've always felt, and this is who I've always been. But so much focus is put on the transition or the change because it's so visible. But that's not even what it is... That's who that person's been and who they are now.

I am for anything that makes teens visible in an honest way... in other words, anything that represents them the way they are, positively or negatively.

Our job as gay people was to come out, to be visible - to live in the truth, as I say - to get out of the lie.

Visible Faith is an expression of my Christian faith which must be visible to be real! I gave the name to the collection of musicians who worked with me on the record.

The first album was a very successful record. It made me very visible and it's an immediate association, but I don't do that anymore. Now I'm true to myself as an artist again. I'm more vocally oriented.

What I've discovered and try to integrate into my show is when you're up there, and you are loud and more visible, you're setting a tone for how people can behave and how they can feel comfortable behaving.

I've lived publicly and never hidden behind closed doors. Therefore, if I have gone over the top sometimes, it has been visible.

As a visible and outspoken trans woman myself, I know that it's rare not to have your trans-ness lead the way for you in public spaces.