Quotes About Authenticity

I've been working on the way my originality, my body, my face, my original form is perceived by me.

We all felt very passionate about what we wanted to do and how we wanted to be perceived by our fans and by the media.

I don't only like R&B. I always love in life when you see people acting in a way that is true and genuine to them but doesn't fit into the perceived notion of how they would respond to something.

There were some relationships that weren't quite in line with the way we want to do things and the way that we want to be perceived by a lot of people.

Of course, when I say that human nature is gentleness, it is not 100 percent so. Every human being has that nature, but there are many people acting against their nature, being false.

I can't be passionate about something or really give myself to something if I don't know it's a hundred percent authentic to who I am.

I monetized my life so I never do anything that I don't like or that I'm not participating in 100 percent.

I don't think anyone could write about another culture and get it 100 percent accurate.

I'm not thinking when I'm writing, 'How's this going to read?' Or, 'What percentage of the audience is going to stay with me?' The thing itself is what gives me pleasure. Sometimes stuff just falls onto the page so beautifully and happily that it's deeply satisfying. It's selfish!

I'm trying to be myself, trying and be aggressive no matter what percentage I'm shooting.

Everybody sees the person on the football field and has a perception of him, but in the media or on Twitter it's just me being myself. I'm an honest, hard-working guy who likes a laugh.

I wish I could unknow this, but there is a perception of me that I'm super-sensitive and fragile. And I am super-sensitive, and I don't think that that's a bad thing. To do what I do, I have to remain open.

Who I am as a father is far more important to me than the public perception.

I've said before that the common perception that all good actors should be good liars is exactly the opposite; only bad actors lie when they act.

Instagram is a perception game.

You can accept that perception of yourself that you're getting too old to be interesting or buyable. Or you can kind of do what you do and see what happens.

People should see my work and think beyond what I am on daily basis, on Twitter, Instagram, or the perception they have of me in their heads.

If we can bring our perception of our ability in line with our actual ability then we have the capacity to be authentic. Then we can accept we are as good as we really are.

I will not bow down to others' perceptions of me; I will only rise in the name of art, love and music.

Rock music is not meant to be perfect.

I am who I am and that's all I'll ever be. Not perfect, nobody is.

Heroes are never perfect, but they're brave, they're authentic, they're courageous, determined, discreet, and they've got grit.

I think people who have faults are a lot more interesting than people who are perfect.

I'm not perfect. I don't claim to be perfect. So, when people point out I'm imperfect, so what? That's just who I am.