Mary Tyler Moore Quotes

Emotional sounds don't lie.

I think people always respond to real moments.

I decided at 15 that I didn't want to be one of those artists that gets up and sings love songs they don't mean. I decided that I was going to be me to the fullest extent, that my songs were going to reflect relationships I've had, things I've been through, and even the stuff I'm embarrassed about.

I'm not trying to be romantic. I think you can tell when people are trying to be sexy onstage. When I was doing 'All the Way,' I was really thinking about my wife. People don't know my personal experience, but they can tell it's an honest interpretation.

To have a songwriter that wrote so specifically what I felt to be true... I've never been much of an actor either. If something is real for me, then I can do it.

You just have to make sure you're writing about something that's true. It has to be honest and it has to have a real emotion behind it, regardless of where it's coming from.

True country music is honesty, sincerity, and real life to the hilt.

To be honest with my music... for me to expect anyone to connect it has to come from a place of honesty.

The singers who are the most honest are the ones who become immortalized.

Country music listeners really like genuineness, and I hope that's what we portray, and I think that's what we do.

I try to stick with things that I can sing with honesty.

People don't really need to question our sincerity when it comes to our songs.

You can play as good as you want, but you have to sing from a place of living.

Actors can become technically sound, but honesty always translates, even if you are not doing a lot of things on camera.

We wanted to make something that sounded perfect because of the quality of the emotion...the honesty.

Once you realize that what I’m saying is true and comes from the heart, then it’s easy. But if you see it all as a façade and just a presentation of affected emotion, then it’s not so easy, it’ll just confuse you.

Raw and honest is what I go for [in my style of shooting]. I am looking for your inner beauty. The outside tells a story... But together is raw honesty.

I've always thought that comedy was just another dramatic expression. I try to measure the amount of truth in a work rather than just looking at the generic distinction between comedy and drama. There's a lot of bullshit drama that leaves you totally cold. And there's a lot of wasted comedy time too. But when you get something honest, it doesn't matter what label you give it.

And if you can channel the truth of your own experience onto the stage, that's what the audience wants to see.

I try to be genuine. I try to be real. It's such a subjective thing, but I try to convey an emotion.

I'm in love with you, and I'm not in the business of denying myself the simple pleasure of saying true things.

The two important facts I should say, are emotion, and then words arising from emotion. I don't think you can write in an emotionless way. If you attempt it, the result is artificial. I don't like that kind of writing. I think that if a poem is really great, you should think of it as having written itself despite the author. It should flow.

Give me an honest laugher.

"The way I feel about music -- any song, any style -- is that there is no right and wrong, only true and false. If the music and lyrics are conceived out of honesty and if the production of the song goes along with its original message, then what has been expressed is art, regardless of what anyone's opinion is of it. So things are a lots impler if you just tell the truth.

Im extremely honest, and I pride myself on it. I dont try to be shocking. Im playful, and I know when something Im saying is maybe shocking, but its just the truth, I never wanted to be scary to people or upsetting to people. I simply want to live the way I need to live.