Quotes About Authenticity

I think that people just have this core desire to express who they are. And I think that's always existed.

I want to express myself to feel that what I feel is real. My joy, my pain, my anger.

My job is to just express something that I want to express. And if I'm ahead or behind the curve, that's for others to decide.

If you've got the chance to really speak your mind and do what you feel and express yourself how you want, then this is freedom. Drag is freedom.

I believe in finding somewhere you can express yourself, play without fear, play with everything you have. When you find that place, stay.

You want to sell records, but if you want to call yourself an artist, your job is how you express yourself.

Once you're comfortable with the way that you're dressing, you express yourself a lot more, and you're just able to have a lot more fun.

I think I need to play somebody who expresses themselves and is able to communicate on a more open level, something really different.

Lee Dam is a character who expresses her feelings honestly. I thought we had a lot in common and I've always wanted to play a confident character like her.

Music to me is about being honest, and it's what I've always pictured music as. I don't see the point of expressing yourself if you are going to be cryptic about it.

Most of me expressing myself comes through my music more than what I wear.

Expressing and loving myself is often so much more complex than 'out' affords me.

My lyrics are about same-sex relationships, because that's who I am. It was important to me that I felt comfortable expressing myself.

You will always have a tough fight when you are expressing yourself and not impressing people. The path of truth is a lonely journey.

Music is about expressing, not impressing.

On a personal level, I think dressing is such a form of expression, and when you do events, it's important to feel as though you are authentically yourself.

I always tell audiences when I talk about writing: Writing isn't something I do; writing is something that I am. I am writing - it's just an expression of me.

Beauty means expression and being your most authentic self.

Write what you feel. Write because of that need for expression.

I feel like trying to write a song in order to be a big hit is just not something I'm interested in because it's not going to come from an authentic place of expression.

There's a lot of pressure that comes from the mainstream stuff, and already people who have been saying - people who don't know any better - have been saying things to me like, 'You should really think about neosoul. You'd definitely be more successful in that.' But that's not my expression.

Completing your performance with your own voice is so important. It's not only my face and expressions... the voice added to it always feels good.

My expressions are just natural and I can't control them.

I came out in my career talking about being sensual and being expressive. Some people can't really handle it, and that's fine. It's not for everybody. If you're one of those that can't handle it, stay up under the rock. You do that.