Quotes About Authenticity

I tried to be really nice and like the things other people liked and do the things other people were supposed to do, and what you find out is that they're going to bully you anyway. And I thought, 'You know what? If I'm going to get bullied anyway, I might as well get bullied for making a difference in the world.'

What if the Internet breaks tomorrow? Then you'd realize that you're a human being, and you're not validated by what other people think of you - it's how you think of yourself.

It strikes me as very odd for someone to think, 'You know what, if I put on a bikini, I may shift some more records,' but it happens. If people are comfortable with that, fine, but it's not something that would ever cross my mind.

All I tell artists is, 'Do what you love. Never let anybody talk you into changing what your musical idea is just to try to get a hit, because you're chasing your tail that way. It's not going to happen, and if you're successful, you have to do it the rest of your life. Stay true to it and do it for the sake of the art.'

I'm of the opinion that as a DJ you must always play what you love and ignore what's 'trendy' because true passion always eclipses what's fashionable. Quality is always fashionable.

And write what you love - don't feel pressured to write serious prose if what you like is to be funny.

I think, at the end of the day, it comes down to authenticity and creating what you love.

First and foremost, play what you love to play. Don't try to jump on a bandwagon or a trend or a popular musical craze.

I have friends who wear Star Wars costumes and act like the characters all day. I may not be that deep into it, but there's something great about loving what you love and not caring if it's unpopular.

I think you're always drawn to what you love, and I'm always really drawn to things that feel really real and really true to me. I love things that make me think of things in a way I hadn't, and I love looking at people in the world in a way that I hadn't. And sometimes big, huge stories do that for me, but I think I am drawn to smaller ones.

As long you are doing what you love and making decisions from the heart, you will be successful.

You have to find what you love about yourself, focus on it and show that to people as much as you can.

Buy and wear what you love, man.

I think it's important to wear what you love no matter the trends, that will make you feel comfortable and confident.

I don't want to be fake. I'm just being me. And I have the power to break stereotypes and whatever useless rules that society puts on us.

I learned, when I look in the mirror and tell my story, that I should be myself and not peep whatever everybody is doing.

I try to see the good in everybody, and I don't care who people are as long as they're themselves, whatever that is.

True feeling justifies whatever it may cost.

I post pictures that I want to post and say what I want to say. If that's three times a day or three times per month, then whatever.

Know who you are and stay true to it. Have a point of view, keep your head down when noise tries to drown out your inner voice, and whatever you do, keep pushing.

You can be whatever size you are, and you can be beautiful both inside and out. We're always told what's beautiful and what's not, and that's not right.

I mean, whatever kills you kills you, and your death is authentic no matter how you die.

For me personally, I just don't have anything to prove anymore. I know exactly who I am, I know that I'm intelligent and acting dumb or acting like whatever. If that's funny to me because I know it's false then so be it.

I'm not playing a role. I'm being myself, whatever the hell that is.