Quotes About Authenticity

I think I just need to be myself. I think that's what this 'Diva Search' competition is all about.

Actors who say they can dive inside a character are either schizophrenic or lying.

I learned to walk on my own legs, to dive so deeply into a role to forget that I'm acting.

You have to be able to deep dive and know your stuff, otherwise you'll get called out on it.

I'm not a diver. I know that.

People don't want to be diverse, or they're scared to be diverse. People just dress a certain way to fit in but sometimes being outside of the box is the cool thing to do.

It's not about just diversity; it's about authenticity. Audiences are really excited to see more of themselves on the screen.

'Diversity' is like, 'Ugh, I have to do diversity.' I recognize and celebrate what it is, but that word, to me, is a disconnect.

I'm challenging everybody on every side of every divide to be more who they are, to cultivate their capacity for awareness.

It's hard when people are expecting things from you, and all you're trying to do is write songs that you like for yourself.

I know me, and I know my heart. I know what the Lord expects. I know what a Christian's supposed to act like, but you can't act it.

An account of an expedition is not a novel. Therefore an authentic account can never be given, let alone written down by someone who was not present.

I hope that when people see my body of work, they will say, 'That brother dropped it for real on us, even at the expense of his own image.'

What I have a problem with is money and name at the expense of talent and culture.

I'd like to have mass appeal, but not at the expense of what I am and what I do best.

I like success, but I don't believe in it at the expense of other stuff. It's more important to stay in my skin.

Sometimes fashion designers will be like, 'This is what's hot right now, and you will be cool if you wear this,' but sometimes it's too expensive or doesn't look good on me or isn't who I am, and I don't need to just think that what you're saying is what's cool if I have my own identity.

I'll never sing something that I've never been through. So even if I didn't write it, I have to have at least experienced it.

It's the only way I really know how to tell the story is to be able to kind of live through the characters. So when I find something that resonates with me, it's usually because it cuts to something very real inside of me; something that I've gone through or experienced.

I don't write anything that I hadn't experienced or hadn't been through.

I wouldn't write about something that I haven't experienced myself.

I tend to write from a personal place, and most of the time when I'm writing by myself, it's coming from something I've experienced.

Real-life experiences will probably end up in my music.

I didn't write the book to sell the book, but to tell my experiences.