Quotes About Authenticity

But what astonished me is that this Croatian, this Mirko Cro Cop guy, called me the best in the world, a legend in front of me, but behind the computer he's talking a bunch of crap. What kind of man are you to say this crap online and not to my face?

People see me as someone who doesn't take any crap from anyone - which I don't - but it's my shtick, and I obviously don't act like that all the time.

I try to give the appearance that I have it all together and that I know what I'm talking about, but at the end of the day, I think I might be full of crap.

I can't keep secrets for crap.

Writers who sit down and write might judge what they're putting down, but I always just try to barf it out. I'm writing crap, but I'll put it down.

I'm not gonna be one of those guys who's going to do the Conor McGregor effect and talk a bunch of crap to make money.

I can only write about what I know, I'd be crap anywhere else.

You could be the sexiest woman in the world, and if you can't sing, if you're not an artist and you can't create a show, you can't have power in front of a crowd, you're gonna crash and burn.

Some of the craziest aspects about 'Weeper' were the things I found out to be true. I mean, true of people.

If I make assumptions about the audience and start overthinking things, I can drive myself crazy about how the audience perceives me. I try not to do that anymore.

I feel my free-est when I don't know where I'm going, when I'm not scripted, and doing crazy things.

It's all very well setting up your own brand of face cream or exercise wear - but Christ, it's so shallow.

Everyone is on a journey to realize their best selves and their realest selves, and I think that's what creates that community.

People are so different in reality from the picture created of them on TV. So it's all a creation; everything is made up.

I feel like that's what being creative is: It's you bouncing with emotion and what you capture in those bounces. Accept where you are and use it.

I can't be a creative person if I'm a celebrity.

As an artist, I write and I do what I know and what creatively comes out of me, and I think that other artists should do the same thing.

Everything I do creatively is never for money.

I've learned a lot about being in control of your career - and that being positive and believing in yourself goes a very long way. And creatively, the music needs to sound like it's come from you, not someone else who's choosing the songs for you.

There's a difference between making the music for a check vs. what you think you should be doing artistically and creatively.

I get the best inspiration or the most creativity from real emotions.

We call ourselves creators and we just copy.

I always felt Dot was one of those characters who should stay the same. She's a simple creature.

If I'm not performing on the field, if I'm not doing what's expected of me, what I say or attempt to get across to anyone else has no credence.