Quotes About Genuineness

Everybody knows what type of guy I am. I'm not going to fake anything.

I've never been the type of guy to be somebody I'm not.

All I can tell you is I'm going to be myself. I'm not the type of person that is going to develop into some character or come up with some phrase I will always say.

I didn't want to come up with some generic Johnny Bravo type name. I'm not that cool, so I might as well stick with my birth name.

There's a place for all types of country music as long as there is honesty and realness and a real human experience for the fans.

I've never really gone for the razzle-dazzle types: no quarterbacks, no flashy guys, and no Prince Charmings.

A label's typical plan would be to put something out that's safer and get fans, and then push buttons, but my idea is to push buttons first, scare off the people who are gonna be scared off, and then the right people will like you for who you really are, and stay with you.

I cannot come and suddenly put on a persona. Like, I cannot be Mike Tyson. When you saw him it was raw, it was intense, 'I want to hurt you.' But now everybody tries it. I don't enjoy that. It's not real.

It's ugly when a fighter changes the way he is and tries to be like somebody else.

Purity of the spirit is important. A lot of people don't focus on what's going on inside, and no matter what they look like, even sometimes when people do all this wonderful work or they are blessed naturally to look good on the outside, if their spirit is ugly - I don't care how fine you are, if you're ugly on the inside, then you're uglier.

What I try to do often when I'm acting and what I like when I'm seeing good acting is how authentic it is. How true is this to what I know of the world that's been created for me? The ultimate test for me is, like, if I heard a clip of it on the radio, I'd like the audience not to know if I'm acting.

I think that ultimately I just have to be myself. You know, I don't do anything that outlandish anyway.

I know it sounds hokey but I think, ultimately, on television you can't hide who you are.

You can't pander to your audience. You might in the short term, but ultimately you can't hoodwink them, either.

I try to be as honest and open as I am with everything that I do because it's just, um, It helps me, you know, like whether it's stand up or singing or act. I just try to stay true.

People say I'm deceptively unassuming, but that's the way I go through life. I'm not flash. You can make it sound calculated, but it's pretty much just me.

I wanted to go to a place with my first album that was just to the root, to the heart of emotion, and just unbridled by anything that wasn't truly in my heart.

Only someone who is sincere recognizes what showing off is.

The less you try to impress, the more impressive you are.

A lot of young girls think that the opposite of fake is rudeness. And just as ugly as fake is, so is saying whatever is on your mind because it's the truth.

sentimentalism, nor anything that belongs

Truth requires no prop to make it stand.

Un quinto y último atributo del superjefe —y una extensión natural de la integridad— es la autenticidad. Muchos jefes cultivan una imagen para beneficio de sus informes. Mantienen una rienda corta sobre sus personalidades, guardándose su "verdadero" yo para cuando están fuera de la oficina. Los superjefes no hacen eso.

Los superjefes poseen una energía especial. Son avispados, interesantes y exuberantes... todo porque no fingen. Cuando uno está cerca de personas como estas, es inevitable sentirse motivado.