Catherine Hicks Quotes

You've got to show your soul otherwise you're just a piece of equipment.

If you write something that's personal, there's going to be elements of yourself in it.

'Beautiful' was something that I kept really close to my heart, that I kept from a lot of people for years and years. It's my story. And I think that was the first impression I needed to give to people as a solo artist. This is who I am; this is what I'm about.

I think people relate to me because of the ups and downs I have had. I mean, I've shared a lot of strong emotions in my life, that I think maybe 'cause they believe I'm not scared to tell everybody I'm a human being.

Anyone who wants to know who I am can just read my lyrics - I've always written about who I am.

I have a hard time not wearing my heart on my sleeve and answering people honestly. You know, my friends warn me that I should be more guarded 'cause sometimes I am too honest and open, but it's also just who I am.

The journal and Gansey were clearly long acquainted, and he wanted her to know. This is me. The real me.

I think there's a little bit of idiot in everybody and I think some people cover it better than others but I think I am very much a guy who wears his heart on his sleeve.

Sense of self, and the way one shares it, is perhaps the most valuable and poetic gift in the arsenal of one's life and craft.

Not only am I putting music out there, I'm giving part of myself away.

If you're really being honest with yourself when you're acting, part of it is touching the real you. You can only separate yourself so much from the character. Those vulnerable moments do touch me.

Beyond the beauty, the sex, the titillation, the surface, there is a human being. And that has to emerge.

I think in real life most of us don't know how to communicate our deepest feelings very well.

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

They lyrical content has grown more introspective and less abstract. I don't know if that's good or bad... Sometimes it feels a little raw to be putting so much of myself out there.

I can be Erykah the human being more than the celebrity.

Really, as a writer, I believe that if you're going to write about your own life, you need to do it as honestly and candidly as you are capable.

I've learned that to expose yourself, to reveal yourself is a test of your humanness.

I think when you're telling a story from inside of you that's genuine, people connect with it.

I've always believed in trying to be as open as possible. I think it almost comes with the job - if you can bare your emotions, it makes for better acting.

You must take the risk to disclose yourself in order to become more real, more human. And even if the price is high.

You know, real artists, we expose our flaws. We long for intimacy.

Singing is just another outlet to express what I feel and to show everyone who I really am. I really don't talk about my personal life that much in interviews because that's my life, but with music, the way I write explains who I am.

You know, I've sung a lot of emotional songs in my life, but when you're writing it yourself, it's very difficult to decide what to reveal.

It's the most personal thing that I do is sing. Because I can't tell a lie. I want them to know exactly what I'm feeling.