Quotes About Authenticity

I play a certain style. I'm not willing to compromise that part of me.

I've got to do it my way. I can't compromise and be someone else.

I compromised my ability to tell my story, at the most basic level.

What writer wants to make compromises with story? Story is the only reason you're in it.

The real story is that I am very free, that I've managed to be who I wanted to be without compromising.

I really believe in not compromising your art. I feel like I've never compromised my art.

We buy into the computer, and everything that comes from the computer, we believe to be the truth.

Everyone can know what is in my heart because I find it hard to conceal myself.

Anything you spend a long time on, of course it would be nice if everyone likes it. But I think the strength that we've got is that we always concentrate on what we want it to be like and not really trying to please other people.

I don't do concept records anymore - I just prefer doing good songs.

I meet so many pretty girls who are like, 'Here I am! Don't you want me because I look good?' That concept is so weird to me. I want to know, 'What else do you have going on?'

The fact that I could sing in a way that might not be right for RADA but is right for me was a brand-new concept.

The accusation that we've lost our soul resonates with a very modern concern about authenticity.

Everybody has their own way to deal with it. I don't concern myself with other people's - whether or not they want to come out, it's not something for me think about.

I think one thing that's always a concern to me is you see a role, and you're not seeing the character; you're seeing so-and-so do it. Then I'm taken out of the story considerably, personally.

A lot of my songs are about things that concern me personally, not a heightened version of myself or any of the characters that I play.

As far as I was concerned, either I was a homosexual or I wasn't, so making films would change nothing.

It's fun to cast away concerns you might have about what other people think about you.

A lot of what we sing concerns the Brazilian way of life. The stuff I write is reality, everything I see. That's the stuff I want to sing about.

The UFC focuses on entertainment, but that's not what fighting is about. It is not a concert.

I say what's in my heart, and I do it in my concerts.

I always tell my audiences not to listen to such artists who play audio CDs at their concerts. Such shows shouldn't be called live shows. People like AR Rahman, Sunidhi Chauhan, and Arijit Singh are the ones who hold true concerts.

I recognize out of the box that I am not the establishment candidate. There's nothing about me that would have anybody draw the conclusion that I am somehow preordained for anything.

I don't want happy-face conclusions. I want the truth.