Quotes About Authenticity

I can't see any value in being a celebrity, famous for being famous.

Celebrity, to me, is not a thing to seek.

My life is way bigger than boxing or acting or being rich or being famous or endorsements.

Nobody sane wants just to be famous.

I don't want girls to aspire to being famous for the sake of being famous.

I'm quite happy being famous for what I do but I'm not happy about being famous for the sake of being famous.

I don't want to be famous. I want to tell stories.

I hope we go down in history for being something more than just another famous act that got ripped off.

I know it's a cliche but I never wanted to be famous. I don't believe anybody wants to be famous.

I didn't want kids to think that to be happy, they had to be famous or rich or live in the big city.

It's so awesome to be a part of something that is successful not because there's a famous person in it or because it's a revival of something, but because it's so fresh and original.

I'm not a fan of being inauthentic.

My music and my fan base is really built off of my lifestyle.

At the same time, I definitely want to expand my fan base but not at the expense of prostituting my music or heart.

Bands should definitely pay some dues and go through it, go to small clubs, build a fan base, all that kind of stuff, because it's not real, otherwise.

New York is the biggest city, biggest fan base, and they don't sugarcoat nothing around here.

When I really started just giving them the truth of who I was, that's when my fan base really started to grow.

I just go out and sing my songs. I don't put on elaborate stage shows with ridiculous fancy dress.

I'm not fancy. I'm what I appear to be.

I don't like fancy fiddly girlie stuff.

If it's just going to go in my body, then I don't want fancy things in my body. I just want regular things in my body.

I am allergic to fancy dress. This is actual fact.

My fans love me for me, my beats, my rhymes.

I was always trying - I never wanted to let my fans down; I always wanted them to see me in my art form.