Quotes About Authenticity

I can't be as open on national television as I can when I'm having dinner with friends. But that doesn't mean the type of person I am is different. My values, my dislikes, my sense of humor are the same.

I'm not making music for people who like Disney shows. I make music for people who like music.

I've always said that if I couldn't be myself, first I'd want to be Eminem and then a Disney kid.

I was trying to be so perfect and so cookie-cutter because everyone's like, 'Aim for that Disney audience! Be perfect! Don't say anything wrong!' And it's just working out better for me just being me.

I'm clean but I'm not Disney.

My work is always on display, and my life is always on display when I make my work.

I want to allow myself to display myself to people.

I hope I am the antithesis of disposable fashion.

There's just no great rock albums anymore. There's a lot of rock music out there, but it's very bland and disposable.

You can be authentic without being distasteful or disrespectful.

We do ourselves a disservice when we self-servingly massage the record.

You've got to stick up for what you believe in. If you don't do that, you're doing a disservice to the audience, because you're making something really diluted. And if you do that when you're a guy, you're seen as artistic - 'difficulty' is seen as a sign of genius. But it's not the same for women.

If you knew the real me, you'd want to keep your distance from me. Seriously.

Give yourself a healthy bit of distance between your fame and reality because they are two different things.

I have an original voice. It may not be the best voice, but it's distinct, and I think that's what has carried me through the years.

I feel like I have a distinct voice.

But, I think that as long as you have a distinct voice and personality, you can kind of dress how you want.

I don't really do anything unless it's from the heart - I don't like to joke on people, or distract them from something they love.

When people didn't really know who I was, and I would get on stage, they would be distracted by what I looked like, so I would have to dumb myself down, in a way, for people to feel safe to laugh.

You feel yourself working to show something. I've learned to distrust that feeling.

You don't want to go and make something, then go out and do shows, if you're not really into it. You don't want to go out there and make people feel like you're grudging playing them a song. That's a disturbing thought.

I think if people thought we were just like the other parties and would ditch our policies at the first moment we thought we wouldn't get a majority, then we'd become just like all the other parties.

I don't make people bend over backwards, and I don't like that in people. I am definitely no diva.

I feel like when people meet me, I'm very much not what they expected I would be. I'm not a diva, and I'm not mean to people or have weird rules.