Quotes About Sincerity

I believe that my work has been well-received because it is authentic. All people really want are authenticity and truth.

When you're really famous, there's very little authenticity in people, so you prefer the company of children.

I am a simple girl from a simple background, and I think fans have appreciated my authenticity. What you see is definitely what you get with me.

I think people can read authenticity and they know when you're involved and when you're just slapping your name on something.

I want authenticity, I don't want players to make a show. I want players to be able to be themselves on court and express all kinds of emotions.

When you write an autobiography, it has to be authentic.

There's a bit of truth in everything I do, you know.

It's nice not to have to live a double life.

I don't want to come off as one of those artists that's not down to earth and real.

I've always been drawn to the real stuff and the stuff that feels authentic. And so when I'm writing songs, that's what I try to do.

And I don't like books which are full of name dropping.

For my first album, I thought it was most important for people to hear my voice and to not let it be drowned out by too many lasers and other sounds.

I'm not really the cool dude at all.

I know how I feel about my music and how passionate I am. I'm not a fly-by-night dude.

I like the dynamic of PBS. They're very honest and authentic.

We are always on stage, even when we are stabbed in earnest at the end.

I just really like it when things are earnest.

With Sleater-Kinney, we have a lot of earnest fans, and we were an earnest band.

I have found for me, and it should be the same for everybody, that it is easiest just to be how you are. Be the true you and there is no need to act differently. It has always been like that.

I've always been able to get inside a song really easily, and if it's my song, I can make it seem honest.

I won't change the way I talk for anyone. I'll do it for work but not because I think someone will like me more if I take the edge off.

I apologize that I made an attempt to be funny and edgy... and it didn't work.

I'm not a theatrics guy who does things for effect. Whatever comes out is what I feel. It just comes out.

I think humor can be an effective way of getting the point across, but there are definitely times where I just write very earnestly.