Jaden Smith Quotes

What's the point of a song if you can't be honest?

It's just about being honest. I listen to a lot of stuff that's out there, some of which I wrote, and I'm like, 'Where is that? Where's the honesty?' So that's what I want to get to in my music now.

If you're going to be transparent, you're going to have to let the music come that wants to come.

I think that people respond to honesty in music, so I only choose songs that are the truth for me.

Music to me is about being honest, and it's what I've always pictured music as. I don't see the point of expressing yourself if you are going to be cryptic about it.

In my music and my life, I'm honest with my feelings, and people appreciate that. That's just the way I am.

I don’t hide my emotions from people.

Some people are attracted to vulnerability. From my very first album, I've been vulnerable. I've always given parts of me, parts of my life - good, bad, ugly. I've never put up this image as a super-thug. Also, some people just like the music.

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.

All of my music is honest.

I'm more honest in my lyrics than I am in anything else. It's where I feel the most safe to express myself.

I just write about how I'm feeling at the time. If I feel like being cheeky and a bit straight up and a bit aggressive, you'll hear that in my music. If I feel like being very vulnerable and opening up about something personal, you'll hear that, too.

I'm a songwriter; it's in my nature to express things openly.

I sort of feel that I have to constantly be really, really honest with the way I feel, and I have to get that out.

My goal beyond being an actor, is just being an open channel.

You know that I can make hits. You know I can do all these rap records. So, I'm going to start opening up and letting you know my struggles.

I think a lot of people don't wear their hearts on their sleeves. I think people should, but a lot of people don't. People may be a bit taken back sometimes about how honest I am and how open I am. But I'm happier this way - it's a good thing for me.

When I open my mouth and sing, the truth comes out. When I write, the truth comes out. I can't lie. That, I think, is one of the strongest elements of my music. When people talk about my writing as though I'm doing it from an accountant's perspective, it really pisses me off.

Everyone can know what is in my heart because I find it hard to conceal myself.

I cannot and do not live in the world of discretion, not as a writer, anyway. I would prefer to, I assure you - it would make life easier. But discretion is, unfortunately, not for novelists.

When I first started writing songs and being very explicit, it was hard, but one of the main things people respond to in my writing is that 'just say it' attitude of my songs. There really is nothing personal or private; it's all universal, if you can just find the courage to be open about your life.

I really am an open book. I don't keep anything in at all, which is good and bad.

I'm very free with all my emotions, whether it's happy, sad, mad, glad, whatever.

The only honest and generous thing for me to do is to give people myself. That's all I've got as an artist, so I want to do that in an unflinching way.

For a long time I tried to manage an honesty and openness about my personal life because I'm human and I'm normal - well, semi-normal.