Quotes About Authenticity

Be happy in your own skin.

The only way you can be happy is if you be completely yourself. You have to be you. Don't be what you think you should be.

You see I found I didn't have to act to be happy.

You can't just tell actors, especially young ones, to 'act happy' and expect them to do it. They must in some essential way be happy.

I'm not really the party person. I don't 'become myself' once I'm drunk. I don't use alcohol to be happy.

Sometimes people ask, 'What do you wish for your children?' and all I say is, 'I want them to be happy being them.'

Becoming a commercial scene? I don't think people in grime would be happy about that.

I'm trying to hold my head high and not apologize and be nice all the time because that's not always necessary.

I think people are afraid to be original.

I don't care what you're playing. You can be playing EDM music. Well, guess what? That came out in the early '80s. There's no way to be original. All you can do is put yourself into it and do the best you can.

I hope that the things that I sing about will be an inspiration for people to be original.

To make music that means something, you kind of have to drop the cool. You have to be prepared and willing to be uncool.

I just want to be myself and be real and be funny.

Emotions should be real; one shouldn't come across as acting.

Whatever your walk of life is, I think you have to be real about it.

If you really want to flex, you have to be real.

Music's supposed to be real. When it really touches you, it's supposed to be real.

It's just so humanizing to see someone be real.

You should always speak up. That's what I like to teach my fans - to be real and speak up for things you're passionate about.

I just want to be real and who I am. That's something I'd feel comfortable with any little girl looking up to, so that's who I try to be.

Every kid will tell you that they want you to be real, but that's until you keep it real with them. Then they don't want it real.

The only thing I want to leave behind in 2019 is anything that's inauthentic, to be real.

As long as you're you, be you, do you. But be real.

I try to be real positive because I know I'm being listened to, and I have a responsibility.