Quotes About Realness

That's the truth—what is, what was, what will be—not what could be, what should have been, what never can be.

be authentic in all of your interactions.

You took her as she was. She wasn't trying to impress anyone," said Claude Nunnelly.

There's a certain irreverent, populist 'realness' to Donald Trump's much-maligned Twitter account and off-the-cuff remarks to the press. His down-to-earth style is out of place in the Washington, D.C. swamp-world of uptight professional politicians, but that's exactly what makes him so appealing to regular people.

A lot of people play single to work some angle. I'm always about keeping it real. If that's how I'm living, that's how I'm living.

Some people, they feel like they have to change and try to go out and do this or do things for the cameras. I'm myself at all times, whether I'm at a grocery store or I'm speaking to a school. I want to be as levelheaded and down to earth as possible, because that's who I am.

The first rule of hip-hop is probably keep it real. And that can mean a lot of different things, but that's certainly important in reporting and storytelling.

I'm not interested in doing something edgy with a capital E just so everyone knows, 'Oh, OK, now he's showing us he can do edgy.'

Why should we change onstage? We're not trying to be something big and fancy, it's just us, doing what we do, we'd like to keep it that way.

What I'm pretty much giving you when you see me onstage is me; it's not a fake character.

Basically, what I'm saying is there is nothing fake about what I do. I'm up-front, I'm real, I'm honest and I'm open with my feelings.

Imperfection is underrated. Perfection is overrated.

If you seek authenticity for authenticity's sake you are no longer authentic.

You have to strip people of their poses and disguises.

In the hip-hop community, it's about how real are you, or how strong can you be, and really my music just reflects me. If you can accept me, then you can accept my music.

I don't sing beautifully or grandly or in a very 'moving' way. I am me - which is not very beautiful at times, and not very organised or regular.

Without authenticity, we are only a poor imitation of someone else.

There's not much difference between what I appear to be on stage and what I am. I think people like that, that I'm not trying to pull a caper.

It may be normal, darling; but I'd rather be natural.

you will have to leave behind your need to appear perfect, and instead be appropriately transparent with others.

Don't worry about being good…. Aspire to be authentic.

Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity.

When you see a real nigga you gotta tip yo hat.. and since Im a real nigga, I do just that.

No one finds it interesting to look at the person who is perfect all the time. They have no flaws. Flaws are what open us up to another person to show that we are not having a veneer, a fake sort of exterior.