Cyril Connolly Quotes

The rule I stand by as an artist is definitely be yourself, and don't make music just for other people: make it for you first.

I'm writing from a place of - a center of authenticity, somewhere that only I know how to write from.

Write what you think is good, is the whole of the law.

I try to please myself. I don't try to anticipate what people want to see.

You have to be who you are when you do music.

You just get out there and be what you want to be. That's part of evolving and part of staying true to yourself - part of remaining alive in a real authentic, long-term sense creatively: not listening to what other people tell you to be.

We only do what we think is good and what we're happy with. I do that in stand-up, I even do it with my children's books. I don't do market research, I don't have focus groups, I don't care. I don't care if it fails, honestly. I'd rather have something that's completely mine fail than something succeed that I'm not proud of.

If it’s a pure expression of yourself no matter what it is or what medium, it’s going to shine. It’s going to resonate. You could look inside of yourself and you could have a canvas and you could paint a dot in it, but if that is where your creative purpose is taking you then it needs to be that dot.

It is not your business to determine how good it is, nor how valuable it is, nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open.

Be a true Heart, not a follower.

Be who you are, not who the world wants you to be.

You're supposed to be who you are. You're supposed to make music that is true to you.

Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself- and thus make yourself indispensable.

I'm certainly not who people think I am. I always do whatever I want to do, and my films are personal to me.

I've learnt that I've had the best results from just trying to be me, trying to make a movie or TV show I want to see or write a script I want to read, and that's really all I can offer - being authentic.

I don't rap like nobody, I don't try to sound like nobody.

Sometimes, there's a preconceived notion of how a scene or how a work should be delivered. And I see young performers sometimes try and deliver that, and it's not really true to their voice or who they are.

I don't care what other people think any more about me writing my own parts.

To be a true artist, I have to be true to who I am now and write that way.

Don't try to write what other people are writing - write what is true to you.

I learned early in my writing career that if I try to tailor a song for someone else, I'm usually off base. They're usually looking for something from you with your character.

One should never write down or up to people, but out of yourself.

I live my life and play my music, and I don't really seek out other people's approval or accolades or things like that. I try to do what's true to me, and how it all comes out is fine.

Bernard Shaw said that when you copy yourself, you know you've got style. And I feel that if you can write like you write, then you are true to yourself. And it's not an easy thing to do - it's a disgustingly difficult thing to do.

I wanted to become me, totally me. The more me, the better. I instinctively knew this and I was right.