Elias Quotes

I don't think it's about entertainment. I think it's about being ourselves.

Do whatever it takes to convey your essential self.

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

As I grow older, I feel like my authentic self has been able to shine through more and more, and people can see that.

I guess what I know now that I definitely didn't know as a child, is that being truest to yourself is the greatest weapon in the war to achieve. That sounds really negative, but in conquering or achieving something. I think, as a child, I thought I had to be somebody else.

I think that more and more there's a sense that the best performances I can give are the ones that are the truest to who I am. The further I move away from who I am, the worse they are.

I once wanted to prove myself by being a great actress. Now I want to prove that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll be a great actress.

I never really did abandon my true self. It's not like I invented this imaginary person and started to be her.

Now all of a sudden I'm so less interested in pretending to be a lot of other people, and much more interested in being me.

'Rick' never really fit. I tried for 18 years to make it work, and no one wanted to call me Rick. It should always have been Ricky. That's what it always should have been, so I'm going back to it.

When you're true to who you are, amazing things happen.

I want to be more myself. Sometimes it takes awhile to find your voice.

I wanted to do things that I knew were going to be me.

I've realized the person that I've always been and this gift that I've always had just had to be brought to light. It surprised me the most that being more who I am and not who I thought I had to be would make me successful.

Be that self which one truly is.

I want to tell everyone that no matter what's keeping them from being their authentic self to hold on to the hope that there will be an end to that road. There will be a life where they can live their true self.

What I've come up with is that I just need to be me.

I just realized the best way to live your life is to just be you, as cliche as it sounds. I grew up trying to please everyone.

There's no point in me being something other than me.

Being myself is what got me to where I am.

Swavey is the movement. Three words... It's Unique, it's true, and it's yourself. It's a very unique thing: it's true to yourself, and it's all about you just being yourself.

I want people to see just who I am.

All I'm trying to do is be me.

My music just stands for being true to who you are.

It's a hell of a responsibility to be yourself. It's much easier to be somebody else or nobody at all.