Brandon Boyd Quotes

Real life is a funny thing, you know. In real life, saying the right thing at the right moment is beyond crucial. So crucial, in fact, that most of us start to hesitate, for fear of saying the wrong thing at the wrong time. But lately what I've begun to fear more that that is letting the moment pass without saying anything. I think most of us fear reaching the end of our life, and looking back, regretting the moments we didn't speak up. When we didn't say "I love you." When we should've said "I'm Sorry." When we didn't stand up for ourselves or some one who needed help.

There are things to confess that enrich the world, and things that need not be said.

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and say it hot.

I've never been uncomfortable putting my heart on display, my feelings on display, certainly with an audience.

I haven't always been vocal about my feelings, especially in a relationship.

When we shrug and say we don't care, it's usually a lie. Every girl cares. We've just been taught not to expose ourselves by showing it. What the world needs now is girls and women who aren't afraid to care - who are done saying, 'Whatever.'

I like men who straightforwardly express their emotions.

Until you can say what is most difficult for you to say, you cannot speak from your heart, live unafraid, create health, or receive support from others.

How can anyone expect to be understood unless he presents his thoughts with complete honesty? This situation is unfair because it asks too much of the world. In effect, we say, ' I don't dare show you what I am because I don't trust you for a minute but please love me anyway because I so need you to. And, of course, if you don't love me anyway, you're a dirty dog, just as I suspected, so I was right in the first place.' Yet, every time God's children have thrown away fear in pursuit of honesty-trying to communicate themselves, understood or not, miracles have happened.

I'm just not very comfortable talking about my emotions on a normal, day-to-day basis.

At first, I was scared to show fear because you can never be sure how people will perceive you. But I dared myself to do that, to stand out. Now I'll talk about being beaten up or robbed or making a stupid decision because of a girl or whatever.

The unspoken word never does harm.

I've been the type of guy, I've always been very forthcoming with how I feel. And that it doesn't make you less of a man to like go and be like, 'This is how I feel about you. This is the truth.'

I'm an emotional guy, so I don't have to worry about a girl trying to get me to open up.

I live my life pretty emotionally, for better and for worse. I'm pretty thin-skinned and transparent. I lead with my heart, and I wanted to make a movie that did the same.

Expressing my feelings and then the opportunity to share it with others is just such a gift.

You can tell I'm not too bashful about some of my feelings.

What men don't want, in fact what anyone who's any sort of thrill-seeking, intelligent adult doesn't want, is some crushing bore describing their emotions in real time every waking hour.

You've gotta share what's going on in your mind.

Never be ashamed of what or how you feel... just be honest.

I'm a very open person. I like to talk a lot about what I'm going through. It's how I cope with things.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

I can't hide my feelings.

I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.