Quotes About Authenticity

There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and fables.

When we are making a song for Billie I want it to resonate and speak the truth with her and want it to be a piece of fabric she can wear.

Being a lesbian is part of the very fabric of my being.

I've never fabricated or plagiarized anything.

I want to have a long career. But that's based on wanting people to buy into my voice and not into a fabricated image.

I am somebody who feels that we're all fabulous, every human being, and I think when we do things that aren't so fabulous, we are disconnected from who we really are.

I can't put on a facade every time I go out.

Growing up, there was a lot of pressure to live up to certain expectations and money as if I was rich and stuff. It was a bit of a facade.

Fans, and people in general, look to people to take certain things on, and I'm a guy you can take at face value. I speak my mind.

I don't like acres of faceless girls walking.

I'm not a facelift person. I am what I am.

You can tell when someone has had a facelift and I haven't had a facelift, and I look like I haven't had a facelift.

I am so used to having two faces. A face that I had for black America and a face for white America. When Obama became president, I lost both faces. Now I only have one face.

I try and be just completely me on stage. I try and put that across, and people seem to get that personality that I have, so I do try not to become two different people and two different faces.

I can't lie - I have one of those faces where you can tell. It's expressive and lends itself to being cheeky. I always tell the truth even when I should probably tell a white lie.

I guess I happen to have one of those faces that just says everything I'm thinking. I guess it's a gift, but I see it as a potential liability. It keeps me honest.

I never talk about me mates behind their backs, you know. I might have a laugh, but whatever I say about them I'll certainly say it to their faces.

I don't want to be a writer where all the characters sound the same. There's a facility in that kind of writing.

Usually people are apprehensive about facing the camera for the first time. But for me, it was the most natural thing.

The fear factor actually brings the genuineness.

My advice is, if you are going to go on 'X Factor,' you have to know who you are as an artist.

I've been writing way before 'X Factor,' and I've been doing shows before 'X Factor.' And everything I did on this show was me being me. Same way I acted in the show is the same way I act now as an artist.

But shows like 'The X Factor' are a great showcase but people are not taking it for real music.

The X Factor is something that's real. Once you find that X Factor, it's undeniable. No matter what the critics say about our band, we obviously have the X Factor. Redfoo has got the X Factor.