Quotes About Authenticity

Whatever people say I am, I'm not.

No one really knows what I'm really like, and you won't unless you spend a day with me, or if you're my friend. No one ever knows what anyone is really like. Read all the interviews you want on them, it's just the media talking and you can't really get to know someone that way, obviously.

You like me for who i am, you don't like me for who i am, and all you can get is who i am.

Reality is not easy, but all this make-believe doesn't make it easier.

I always tell my kids that as soon as you have a secret, something about you that you are ashamed to have others find out, you have given other people the power to hurt you by exposing you.

You have a fullness you need to bring out. It's not an emptiness you need to cover up with things.

To say 'I love you' one must first be able to say the 'I.'

She was one of those people who are irrevocably, incurably honest and therefore both inflexible and vulnerable at the same time.

Yaln?z yazarlar? deÄŸil, genellikle bütün sanatç?lar?, ya yar? deli ya da tam deli görmek eÄŸilimi vard?r. Kimi sanatç?lar da yapmac?k yollarla deliliÄŸe özenerek okurlar?n ilgisini t?rnaklarlar.

The truth doesn't hurt unless it ought to.

We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you're doing so.

To me, singing is like talking. If it ain't natural, it ain't right.

Often people meet other people by chatting via computer. They get to talking, seem to have a lot in common, even fall in love without ever meeting each other in person." The farmer was staring at him. "That's the craziest thing I ever heard." "Unfortunately, often the person on the other end of the chat isn't telling the truth about themselves. Jenna could have been lured by one of these people. They call it catfishing.

Will was now all man. And all cowboy.

Search for celebrations that feel authentic to you. If you feel awkward or phony when celebrating, your attempts will backfire. Your brain doesn't want to feel awkward—it wants to feel good. Celebrations are personal. What makes me feel good (and not lame) is probably different than what makes you feel good (and not lame).

Dust might cover the gem to render it lustreless but sooner or later it must fetch its intrinsic value. Reality can't be hoodwinked by any trick for long.]

Work honestly, meditate daily, meet people without fear, and play.

If you will describe the people,—nay, if you will write for the people, you must be one of the people.

The ranking never lies.

I pay attention to lyrics and I know what rap fans care about. I try to write for the average listener and I'm conscious of the mainstream without selling out.

I don't consider myself to be bigger than nobody else in this game, so I'm not here to tell people what to rap about.

Punk is all about doing what you want and being yourself. And that's what rap is too.

I don't rap like nobody, I don't try to sound like nobody.

I don't know where these rap guys get off trying to act so hard.