Quotes About Authenticity

I've always loved Country, folk, and the acoustic end of music.

With trans folks, we have a lot of people accusing us of just playing dress up for whatever reasons, and that's just not true.

I think sometimes when you see folks on TV, you are seeing the best part of their life, not the really tough part.

Before you can follow your own drummer, you have to hear the drummer.

Just as you can't blindly follow fashion, you can't follow fitness, either.

I just follow my heart.

Build a lifestyle around your brand, and the audience will follow.

I don't want to sound too spiritual, but when you are true to yourself and follow through with things that connect with you meaningfully, somehow things fall into place.

I have never followed fitness or fashion.

I really don't like people that go on about getting followed around, I don't like it - there are people in the industry that don't want to take everything that comes with it. I take it all.

A lot of people think I reacted a little too emotionally when I said, 'If I can't beat Adrian Neville, I'm done.' But the truth is, my whole life, I've always followed my heart and my emotions.

I would only give one piece of advice which I followed myself. Somewhere down the line don't lose yourself. Just be what you are. Don't try to be a different person.

If you're just a follower, you never know why you are doing something. Then you can't know if something is good or not. How would you know that what you thought is right, if you didn't think it?

I don't want people to think I'm exploiting my followers.

I emphasise the following: don't, whatever happens, be anyone but yourself. Don't act anyone else-that would be fatal.

I want to wear something because I love it, not because it follows the rules.

I have never used makeup in my life. I'm not fond of it at all. I love myself the way I am, and I try my best not to use it - the only things I use are sun screen and eyeliner.

I would be a fool to tell you that there was no fixing. You ask if wrestling is for real? Well, I think my own body answers that question.

Music is the one part of the entertainment business where you can't fool anybody into buying a record.

I can really laugh at myself and make a fool out of myself.

I try not to kid myself. You know, I don't mind romancing someone else, but to fool yourself is pretty devastating and dangerous.

You've got to learn to accept the fool in you as well as the part that's got it goin' on.

I don't think I'm complicated at all. I'm not political, and I'm not trying to be diplomatic. I don't want to hurt anybody's feelings, and I don't say bad things about people. There is no agenda. There's no trying to fool somebody.

When I'm writing, I look like a fool because the parts are moving through me and I'm crying and laughing and making faces.