Quotes About Authenticity

We must be amusing at all times and sneer at those who express their real feelings; it's dangerous for a tribe to allow its members to show their feelings.

I made some mistakes, but I wasn't a coward. I lived my life and did what I had to do.

I want to show all sides of myself. I mean, I don't want to howl at the moon my whole life, you know?

I am drawn to characters that go on journeys, characters that are real people, that have life.

I think one's character on the athletic field does not have to have anything to do with the way they are in real life.

Look... to go through life and call it yours - your life - you first have to get your own pain. Pain that's unique to you. You can't just dip into the common bin and say 'That's enough!'.

There's nothing risky in talking about your personal life. People do it all the time.

I'm never in my life going to do a record that's a tribute to myself. I don't need it.

Your life informs your writing.

The pathway to your best life isn't the route of denial. It's owning every moment.

Only by owning who and what you are can you step into the fullness of life.

It is your life and it is worth risking everything to make it yours.

I'm a truth seeker. That's what I do every day on the show - put out the truth. Some people don't like it, they call it sensational, but I say life is sensational.

My worth to God publicly is measured by what I really am in my private life.

In real life, I'm gorgeous, beautiful.

Fools are more healthy then the so-called wise. Thy live in the moment and they know that thy are fools, so thy are not worried about what others think about them.

Cannot we let [children] be themselves, and enjoy life in their own way? You are trying to make another you. One's enough.

If you're reluctant to weep, you won't live a full and complete life.

Life had become a reproduction: it was not the real thing.

I'm not the sort of bloke who spends a long time in the bathroom. I've never used a face cream in my life and I don't like it when I go on TV and they offer me make-up. I tell 'em, 'No thanks.'

I think my entire songwriting catalog reflects where I was in my life at the time. I capture whatever moment I am experiencing in life.

I really like writing from real-life experiences. Audiences seem to prefer the stuff I couldn't have made up.

And there's also not enough films that are more of a imitation of what real life looks like.

My optimistic outlook on life is to sort of be positive and take everyone at face value.