Quotes About Sincerity

You don't have to be singing songs about angst and pain to be credible.

I'm not a crisis actor.

The main criticism people have of me is, 'Why are you trying so hard? This guy's exhausting.' Yeah, I am! That's my way of trying to get love.

I'm not crooked, and I want to help people.

'Crush' is probably the most honest project I've ever written. It's my voice.

I don't have an 'actor cry.'

If you have what you want to say inside, and if you are crying for something that is true inside, it doesn't matter. The camera always sees it.

I'm Latin, for crying out loud - I can't hold anything back!

I don't want to stand on stage night after night, without being on my face beforehand truly crying out for those that have come to the event.

I decided a long time ago to be myself and not worry too much about cultivating some kind of personality that didn't feel natural or true to who I am.

I'll never be, like, sippy cup country, or write about everything I do around the house.

I have never been a cynical person.

The use of music in 'Gloria' is not cynical.

I don't think I have one iota of cynicism about acting.

I have no cynicism at all.

I'm not much of a dancer.

With me, everything's right on the table.

What I'm bringing to the pop table is that I'm not pretentious.

Too many sit at the banquet table of the gospel of Jesus Christ and merely nibble at the feast placed before them. They go through the motions - attending their meetings perhaps, glancing at scriptures, repeating familiar prayers - but their hearts are far away.

If you're going to put out a record just to get a No. 1 and then forget about it after the first week, it's the tail wagging the dog: it doesn't make any sense.

In recitals, you are naked before the audience - well, naked with your jacket and tails. The audience sees and hears the real person, not some role you are interpreting.

It's a very strange thing for a designer to say, but one of the things that really irritates me in products is when I'm aware of designers wagging their tails in my face.

A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring truth to form, he is not constantly at work upon the facade of his appearance.

I've dedicated my life to being true and honest and I would never take advantage of something.