Quotes About Authenticity

What you see on stage is pretty much the way I am... a dry sense of humor.

Along with a sense of humor, my songs have to be sincere, and they have to be sung from a position of inner conviction.

I'm not looking and I don't go hunting. I'm the type who's got to be found.

Originality implies a return to the origins, original is returning to the simplicity of the first solutions.

The imagination is not an escape, but a return to the richness of our true selves; a return to reality.

A poor original is better than a good imitation.

The imagination loses vitality as it ceases to adhere to what is real.

It's much easier to conjure characters strictly from your imagination than to have to think about whether you're representing people in a truthful way.

I'm kind of surprised that so many of those other books were almost exactly like mine. They even follow the form. There were some books that even copied the stamp. It shows so little imagination.

Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism.

It takes a great deal of courage and independence to decide to design your own image instead of the one that society rewards, but it gets easier as you go along.

I don't have a 'side'—I'm responsible for what I say and nothing else.

Sanity is not truth. Sanity is conformity to what is socially expected. Truth is sometimes in conformity, sometimes not.

Courage lies in being oneself, in showing complete independence, in loving what one loves, in discovering the deep roots of one's feelings.

With so much "Moos" from the herd, how you gon' get heard?

True beauty lies in purity of the heart.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

You might not have a car or a big gold chain, stay true to yourself and things will change

Always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody says distract you from your goals.

Beauty isn't about having a pretty face it's about having a pretty mind, a pretty heart, and a pretty soul.

The easiest thing to be in the world is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don't let them put you in that position.

Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be.

If a man is not faithful to his own individuality, he cannot be loyal to anything.

You don't need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are!