Quotes About Authenticity

Someone once claimed I was not really a Yorkshireman!

I guess if I had to classify myself, I'd say I'm straight.

I am the type of guy that has always been the same all of my life. My classmates at our class reunion always say the same thing. They could not believe that, being a world artist, I still seem like I was when we were at school together.

A lot of times you'll hear bands and it's a different sound coming out than what's on stage. Because you can clean it up through a PA and make it sound completely different than what they really sound like.

I would rather hang out with a cleaner than a celebrity.

I want to make films without a single clear message, and films that are as close as possible to what it feels like to be alive. At least to me.

I'm crazy. I know I'm crazy 'cause Desmond Tutu told me, and he's very clever. He said, 'You must free yourself, be more of who you are. Be more crazy.' And I'm going to.

Lots of us when we're children believe 'oh well, if the world knew us as we really are, they'd know what wonderful, clever, brilliant, charming people we really are.'

I can sit and write clever things, but that never quite works as well as when I'm just chatting about stupid things in the moment.

I hate clever-cleverness, but I love good honest cleverness.

I have never been beautiful in cliche terms.

For me, fashion is all about comfort. I know people say such cliche things all the time, but at the end of the day, you should wear what looks good on you.

I like to just make flex music. So when I do make emotional music, it's hard for me, because I feel like I'm cliche. But I guess cliche is the best thing sometimes, because it's real.

A Schiaparelli woman is not about cliche.

For me, beauty really does come from within, and that may sound cliche, but it's true.

This is going to sound so cliche, but I believe this through and through: Don't be afraid to be yourself.

The cliched rock life never seemed that cool to me.

I love art, but not in a cliched, luvvie way.

More than being a star, I want to be an actor. This may sound cliched but that is how it is.

It's difficult to write about poverty in a way that doesn't feel cliched.

Most artists try to avoid cliches, but it's pretty hard to avoid them if you yourself end up being one.

If you look around, 90 percent of marriages are cliches - people aren't genuinely happy even if they look happy together.

I try my best to not just avoid cliches but to write with some meaning.

Most people try to avoid cliches. It's my ambition in life to try to get 'em right!