Quotes About Connection

I love New York, and I love being here, but I think I'll always be Australian at heart.

There is a real sense of family when you're around Australians, even if you don't know them.

I think as long as you're authentic, people will relate to that.

My work has always been about authentic feeling, and I think we live in a time where we need that.

The Internet is where you can find people who are authentic.

Acting is about being in the moment and audiences are smart to know what is authentic and what is not.

I always have to find things that I relate to and understand in the characters that I play; otherwise, it won't feel that authentic.

The audience will understand something that's very authentic, and that's all that I want to create.

I love being around people when theyre being their absolute authentic self.

When you are real in your music, people know it and they feel your authenticity.

I'd rather be the cool aunt than the authoritative aunt.

When I make a song, I actually literally talk to one person on purpose... I don't focus on, are people in Chicago gonna like this? Are people in Atlanta gonna like this? I think of one person who's a Too Short authority, who thinks I can't do any wrong, because I've customized all these songs for this one person.

A story about my life should not be particularly interesting, but it is: it's just about me and some kids who didn't know how to talk to each other. It's personal but not autobiographical.

I love my friends, but I feel pretty autonomous.

I love being part of the 'Avatar' family.

You're the average of the five people you spend your time with.

I feel the first award any artist can have is his audience.

I am not after any award. Love and affection of the audience is the biggest award for me.

The Internet was supposed to bring people together, but it's created big divisions.

Just because you've been divorced doesn't mean you're not still a family.

I'm such a dog person. I dunno, I just feel like it really enriches your life, to have something to care for.

I always thought I'd adopt - I have a dog but no children.

I get really attached to dogs.

There is something about street dogs, about rescues; they have this knowing sense about them.