Brian Fallon Quotes

I'm always looking for something that's real and that's got meat on it. I think it's artistic suicide if you're too vain, or if you're afraid to play ugly. I would never fall for that.

Great artists are the ones who have put their entire selves out there to be adored, humiliated, to be picked at, cherished, all of those things, and haven't shied away from that.

I think my favorite artists are honest artists, and as a songwriter, that's what you have to do. You have to be willing to put yourself out there in a really vulnerable way.

You can only be yourself, and it sounds cheesy, but when it comes to filmmaking, there's really nowhere to hide.

I am quite certain in my heart of hearts that modern music and modern art is not a conspiracy, but is a form of truth and integrity for those who practise it honestly, decently and with all their being.

I try to be a truthful artist and I try to show a level of courage. I enjoy that. I'm a messenger.

I decided at 15 that I didn't want to be one of those artists that gets up and sings love songs they don't mean. I decided that I was going to be me to the fullest extent, that my songs were going to reflect relationships I've had, things I've been through, and even the stuff I'm embarrassed about.

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.

Art, it seems to me, doesn't need freedom so much as it needs courage and love - some would call it 'soul' or 'Eros.'

Lucian Freud's career affirms that the only thing an artist can do is remain true to whatever vision, (lack of) talent, or ideas that happened to pick them in order to be made known to the world.

If you have value as an artist it's probably going to be in your capacity to let things inside you get past things that are placed there to keep you from telling the truth. The more you see things as clearly and coldly as you can, the more value you're going to have.

I write about what interests me. It's very dangerous when you try to satisfy an audience.

When people like your music because it has vulnerable honesty, and you're able to comfortably admit to flaws and imperfections, then that's the most liberating thing about being an artist.

I think art is much more valuable when it's honest. If it's not honest, it's just propaganda.

When you write, you don't really think of how honest you are being - it's only when you record that you understand how much of yourself you're giving.

To make music that means something, you kind of have to drop the cool. You have to be prepared and willing to be uncool.

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

I've got a long list of things I consider to be selling out. But amongst that list, one of them is when you make art without putting your guard down.

Please understand that I make music to express myself, and if you know anything about me, you know that I'm nothing but 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.

I've listened to 'Frank' so many times. She was so honest and herself. I think one of the hardest things for an artist to do is tell the truth, but that's what Amy Winehouse did, and it's what I want to do - if you want to write songs that connect with people, I think they really need to believe what you're talking about.

The people I'm inspired by and I listen to are all ballsy, and I feel like I'm closer to an artist when they're open and honest.

It's always been a mantra to me, when making music or creating art, that you have to be vulnerable.

I had to be honest in my songwriting for it to be where it is, and it's always scary wondering if anyone will connect with that.

I owe you the truth in painting, and I will tell it to you.