Quotes About Sincerity

I love Feist. I love Francoise Hardy. She was a French singer-songwriter in the '60s who was pretty huge. I think I'm drawn to her sincerity. I love Fiona Apple, too - she's quirky and really honest in her lyrics.

The singers who are the most honest are the ones who become immortalized.

What I found about 'Nashville' coming in is it's about these small performances. It can be on a big stage but detailed, small, heartfelt, real performances from musicians and singers. So if you try to do something bloated or showy, the directors dial us in and let us know.

The reason my voice is sounding more passionate is because I'm singing directly from the heart.

Even if you can't relate to what I'm singing, I hope you can believe in it and see it as something that it is real.

I hope that what it comes down to at the end of the day is that people believe that I believe what I'm singing. It comes down to being believable. You don't have to be likeable; generally, though, I think I am.

I have to own something before I can say it, and I have to own it before I can sing it as well, emotionally. I only enjoy acting and singing if I am believing what I am doing.

There is no seam between my songs and myself-they really are me. It's not like I'm performing; I'm just singing stuff that I really believe.

A single moment spent in a business meeting or at a pub is more than enough to reveal the basic human truth that we are all faking it most of the time.

Whether they are actual poets or their music exemplifies a poetic sensibility, generally speaking, the Americana artist shuns commercial compromise in favor of a singular vision. Which resonates with me.

The thing I hate most is false modesty. The artists who are, like, 'Oh, you know, I'm really not that good. Oh, I can't believe I'm here.' I find it vaguely sinister, even.

What makes 'Derek' a different kind of sitcom - if it is even a sitcom - is its sincerity.

I've said from the start that I'm not going to write kiddie sitcoms.

And I think what people in New Jersey have gotten to know about me over the last decade that I've been in public life is what you see is what you get. And I'm no different when I'm sitting with you than I am when I'm at home or anyplace else.

Seriously, I don't think there's any right way to do anything apart from if you're just being you; then it's a sincere situation.

Whatever the situation at hand, that's what I'm dealing with and trying to be true to it in that moment.

I go to great lengths to make certain situations feel right to the reader.

I tend to play more true-to-life characters in real situations.

I have always been open about the way I live my life, because hiding skeletons in the closet and presenting a picture-perfect image is not my style.

I think if I'd ever had any skeletons in the closet, they'd have been out a long time ago.

I don't have any skeletons in my closet.

The best thing about me is there are no skeletons.

I'm not a very skeptical person.

I am not skilled enough or energetic enough to craft a persona. I just have to be who I am and hope people like it.