Rodney Crowell Quotes

Never compromise yourself.

The heart and soul of loving yourself is integrity and the peace of conscience it inspires.

The only thing I wouldn't do is sell my arse.

One of the things I realized early in my career is that you do what you believe, in knowing that if you don't, you will never like yourself. When you compromise out of fear or ambition, it eats inside you.

At the end of the day, I stand by who I am. I'm a good person.

Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.

One of my proudest moments is I didn't sell my soul for the sake of popularity.

Character is the basis of happiness and happiness the sanction of character.

I couldn't sacrifice my heart for a publicity stunt.

I know in my soul when something feels like a sell out and I think for me, I knew that if I did the Jane's Addiction reunion thing, that I would feel like a sell out. That's how it would feel to me.

I've been really lucky thus far with acting, in that I can do things I believe in and feel good about, and feel good about myself. If for some reason one day that ends, I won't do it anymore. If I feel like I have to compromise myself to continue to be in this industry, I don't want to do that.

You have to work in this business on your own terms. Don't sell out for money, fame, or notoriety.

A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice.

I've never had to compromise myself for a job, ever.

It's important for me to live my life honestly.

I think that I have sold out sometimes.

When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.

Our own heart, and not other men's opinions form our true honor.

I could answer that the way you want, but I'd hate myself in the morning.

Authenticity is everything! You have to wake up every day and look in the mirror, and you want to be proud of the person who's looking back at you. And you can only do that if you're being honest with yourself and being a person of high character. You have an opportunity every single day to write that story of your life.

You must never lower yourself to being a person you don't like.

I won't do things for money. I can't.

I'm not going to change me just for some extra money.

I never wanted to lose who I am, my character or my integrity for the sake of Hollywood.

I am not a person to compromise on my priorities and family just for a show.