Lucy Dacus Quotes

But i think it would drive me more crazy to just go do a movie that I didn't believe in, you know?

It is better to be true to what you believe, though that be wrong, than to be false to what you believe, even if that belief is correct.

I'd never make something pointless that I don't believe in. I don't think I could do it.

I always want to do work that feels honest and that's harder to find than you imagine.

We obviously need to make money to survive, but we aren't going to sacrifice our creative integrity to do anything that doesn't feel like us.

I only want to be part of movies that I believe in and I have no regrets.

The artists who stand out to me have a passion for what they do. There are a lot of people who can sing. It's just like when you go to church and people are singing because it sounds good, not because it feels good. There's a difference.

I feel like no one starts entertainment with an impure intention, but somewhere along the way, lines become blurred and you're no longer sure which way is up and which way is down.

All I can do is focus on staying true to the style of music I write and sing because that is the only way it's going to come off as honest.

I've already got my rent paid, and it's too late in my life for me to go around talking up stuff that I don't like or believe in.

I cannot do a film I don't believe in, however safe it might be.

I am an honest artist.

My music is going to be true. I'm not out to sell records. I'm experiencing something, and it's what I feel.

Whether it is an ad or a business, it must be something I believe in. I cannot do something simply for the money. It must connect with me because I want to be a catalyst to make people's lives happier.

I would never, never do anything unless I believed in it.

It doesn't matter what you believe just so long as you're sincere.

When I write a book... it's the same essential approach to music as with books. It has to be something I want to hear or read. Hopefully the audience comes along, since that's the only way you can write righteously. I have to ask, 'What do I want to hear?' not 'What do people want to hear?'

But rarely have I made choices that made me feel I was really compromising what I believe.

I think carrying moral baggage is very dangerous for an artist. If you have a duty, it's to be true and not cover up the cracks.

Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.

I couldn't just hand in any old rubbish - I can't go on tour and sing something for three years if I don't believe in it.

I know why people lie to themselves in life, but I'll never understand the appeal of the dishonest theater where the actor doesn't make some earnest attempt to include their own honest humanity in their collaboration with an author. It's so ugly to me that it hurts sometimes to see it happen.

I'm completely unlike a lot of other performers in the past who have been forgiven or come to terms with the real world because they tell everyone their performance is 'just a show.' And so, people say, 'Oh, it's OK then. We don't care. He's not really a bad person.' It's not just a show for me. It's my life.

I turned down twelve films last year... Huge money films, but I had no respect for the writer or the work.

I'm going to be as sincere as I can in delivering the message I think is right. If people agree, great, and if they don't, I did my best.