Casey Kasem Quotes

Fiction, at its best, is a radical act of intimacy. It seeks to join, to merge, to know deeply; and, as with intimacy, there is a way in which it cannot be faked.

Not compromising the music, but there is a way, by just showing the people that you're sincere and honest with what you're doing, and by talking to them.

And, because there was an honesty about all that was going on. It connected with the people in the street.

I hope that what it comes down to at the end of the day is that people believe that I believe what I'm singing. It comes down to being believable. You don't have to be likeable; generally, though, I think I am.

If there is honesty in your face, the battle is won. It doesn't have to be the most beautiful face in the world. The audience can relate to you then. They feel love, not lust, for you.

It's best not to appear to believe what you say but to believe what you say.

Everything that I can do to ground the story in reality helps make it harder for people to be dismissive of it.

I'm genuine, and I think people can see that when they watch.

If you want to give a show, make it real, and people will listen to you more carefully.

If you don't believe in what you're doing, if you don't feel comfortable, or you're not meaning what you're saying, no matter if you love it or not - you can still connect with a song, but if you don't, I feel like people can easily sniff that out.

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

The most powerful, most insightful, and most important part of my music is honesty and inclusiveness with my fans - giving them as deep a story as I can give them.

Even if you can't relate to what I'm singing, I hope you can believe in it and see it as something that it is real.

I really like working with people who believe what they're saying.

I cannot play a lie. I have to believe in what I play or it won't come out.

There is so much crap in the world, both in show and other businesses, that I try to be vulnerable myself, in the hopes that there is some truth I can get to, that makes people feel less alone in the world.

A movie is like a person. Either you trust it or you don't.

I try to be careful with my persuasiveness. When my heart is really behind it, and when I have no ulterior motive, then I know I'm truly persuasive.

I love the fact that people can relate to what I'm saying, even if it's not for the same subject I was writing about. That is the power of real music and real expression.

The cure for cynicism is simply to engage honestly.

Everybody claims they have relatable, connectable characters, but those claims often aren't true.

My first duty to write a gripping yarn. Second is to convey credible characters who make you feel what they feel. Only third comes the idea.

What a writer can do, what a fiction writer or a poet or an essay writer can do is re-engage people with their own humanity.

My main goal as a songwriter is to make something that inspires people. To write things about my life that people can relate to. Whether it's a whole record or just one song for someone, I hope it can do that for them. Knowing that I have the ability to do that is inspiring to me.

Good copy can't be written with tongue in cheek, written just for a living. You've got to believe in the product.