Quotes About Directness

I certainly am interested in accessibility, clarity, and immediacy.

You know how it's almost impossible for kids to not say what they think? That's me. I have to make the conscious effort to be situationally appropriate.

I would rather people take me as straightforward and not have to wonder if I'm kidding or not. Because what I have to say, and what I'm interested in doing and communicating, is worthwhile enough that I don't want to muck it up with people being confused about where I'm really coming from.

I know, because I tried all sorts of ways of being in character, and the best way is to be totally straight.

If my style is too direct for some, maybe they should toughen up a bit.

It does not take many words to tell the truth

I'm not a tough guy. I'm just delivering the truth and only the truth and if you can't deal with it, too bad.

Truth is always straightforward.

It takes few words to tell the truth.

Too much truth Is uncouth.

In her opinion, hard asses were people who said mean things simply to be mean. They seemed to get a kick out of breaking people down and, if they felt like it after, building them back up. Kiki, however, just told people the honest truth if they asked.

Texting is more direct. You don't have to use conversation filler.

True communication depends upon our being straightforward with one another. Zen masters are very straightforward.

I love you is unsubtle. It removes explanations, facilities, degrees, scruples.

Just shooting you straight, Josie.

If there's something you want to say, say it. I'm not a mind reader.

You know, I said, holding my ground. I gotta tell you. The goatee thing? Yeah, way over. And you know a little jewelry really does go a long way. Just something you might want to consider. I'm actually glad you stopped by, because I have a couple things I've been meaning to say to you. Number one, about your wife? Yeah, she's a skank. And number two, you know that whole thing where you killed Jesse and then buried his remains out back there? Yeah, way un-cool.

Say what we mean, and mean what we say. If we don't know what we mean, be quiet and think about it. If our answer is, "I don't know," say "I don't know." Learn to be concise. Stop taking people all around the block. Get to the point and when we make it, stop.

Shun epic verse.

I have a reputation for being a straight-talker.

I say what is required to be said.

What is not cool is if we have a problem with an artist or if an artist has a problem with us, come to us directly. Talk to us. Don't start a Twitter war and all that kind of stuff. That's silly.

What appeals to me about 'Blind Willie' is just how sparse that music is. Just this idea - the grain of it, the rawness of it and the simplicity of it. The directness of the language.

The thing that I love about pop music is the simplicity and the directness of it.