Quotes About Authenticity

The only thing I want to be known as is a country singer. I want people to hear it and go, 'That's country!'

Some guys may play around and say a couple of things, but if I say it, I mean it. I may laugh, it may be funny, but if I say I'm going to get you, I'm going to get you.

Be who you are. It's easy to feel like you have to blend in, but it takes courage to live your life with conviction and embrace the person that you are.

People like authenticity and I think I have the courage of my convictions and am authentic.

If you look for truth, you have to be courageous.

How do we compete with the 3D superscreens at the cineplex? We just make it better - because theatre is better because it's live. Instead of trying to be like the poor cousin, we need to accept that we're the king.

I actually started singing country music at 4 years old, right when I started learning how to sing. I would cover a lot of Martina McBride, LeAnn Rimes, Trisha Yearwood, that kind of stuff, and it just feels very authentic to me. It's always been there through the years. Even when I was in my band, I still listened to country.

When you're in your 20s, there's maybe a little room for you to not be at the top of your artistic game, if you look good on a magazine cover. When you're not on the cover of the magazines anymore, then you realize that the work has to be great.

I kind of live my life as an example, and I just never felt like I had to be on the cover of a magazine announcing that I was gay; it's just who I am. I just live my life, and I never really thought about it.

I love myself the way I am, but people will always message me about other people with vitiligo who cover their skin. 'Winnie Harlow, you need to tell them that they need to love themselves the way they are and stop covering their skin!' No! If that's what makes them comfortable and what makes them happy, let them be.

I'm happy that I don't have to do covers anymore, because that's not what I do.

I don't like glossy covers.

We didn't understand why it should be obligatory to be on the covers of magazines as yourself when you are making music and are not a showman.

It is easier to get an actor to be a cowboy than to get a cowboy to be an actor.

There's a big difference between me and a real, legitimate working hand, or a world-champion rodeo cowboy. I play 'em, and I aspire to be like that, but those guys are tough.

Sometimes I definitely crack up in the ring. If I tried to consciously go in there and keep a straight face, I'm sure it would be very difficult.

It's hard to know who you are until you're cracked open a little bit.

I'm always cracking up when I hear what people think I should be doing.

I think carrying moral baggage is very dangerous for an artist. If you have a duty, it's to be true and not cover up the cracks.

I say funny stuff in my songs sometimes, but it's still all in the seriousness of the music and the craft.

I used to feel that if I wasn't living out my songs, I wasn't doing myself or my craft justice, and that's a dangerous way to live because then you become what you make.

Craigslist is about authenticity. Craig has paid his dues, and people respect him.

People can see through crap pretty easily. Just go out there and be comfortable. Be you. Be authentic.

I've never worked for the sake of working. There's probably enough crap out there for me not to add to it.