Quotes About Authenticity

If the NBA wants me to be somebody who can say, 'It is flop or not?' I'll do that for free. For fun.

We need a place in which we may flourish and be ourselves.

One of my mottos for 'Currents' was 'Give the song what it deserves.' How would this song flourish? If the song could tell me what it wants, what can I give it? I tried not to dictate it with any sensible or logical decisions.

I think it's nice when people let themselves cry. I like to let it flow.

From the very beginning, I always tried to make dialogue flow comfortably; I always did that to make it seem more authentic.

I am someone who does not plan a lot. I go with the flow, and I just want people to know me as an actor.

I'd rather you listen to my music with a confused face, you know? Rather than you just hearing a good flow to a good beat.

I don't wear dresses and flowers in my hair and float around!

I don't care about flowers or chocolates or anything like that, that's not me.

The pre-chorus always flows and the chorus is always a little bit harder for me because I put pressure on myself. I didn't know that there was a proper way to do these things, so I just write what sounds good to me in my ears and then I hope to God that someone else likes it too.

The reality is we are all about servicing people and helping them achieve their dream, follow their journey and define their own success. When that is 100% authentic that flows through everything we do and translates.

High school is something that we have to deal with. It's not a glorified fluffy, fun, prince-and-princess kind of time.

When you're writing in first person, like I do, you can't give a fluffy version of someone's thoughts because even the most prudish woman in her head will go to dark places, whether she says it out loud, you can still have these kind of thoughts.

When it comes to fitting in, I think I'm really fly. It's not really hard; I'm just being myself.

I fly around with chicks on each arm and have no script. I just talk about what I feel like. But that's why my act works: I'm like this normal guy.

To me, flying free is doing what I want to do, even if it's different from what everybody expects me to do. I'm flying free when I win the battle between me and the people who thought I should go down this road and I find my own road.

I'm not a flopper. I hate when people say I'm a flopper. I don't flop. You never see me flying all over the floor. None of that. I barely fall down in games.

I try to not focus on what people expect from me.

If I have to be focused and watch what I say, then I have to be comfortable.

For me, it's more about the musicianship - focusing on the guitar, playing with my band, rather than just going out and doing what anyone my age can do with backup dancers and a track.

I don't really go on what people say so much; I go on their voice. I go on their energy at the time. I go on how close their arms are folded into their chest.

People still kind of think of me as like a folk artist, but on the first record, I truly was deferring to other people to produce me.

Folk is bare bones music.

But the reality is that we are a folk band.