Lauren Ashley Carter Quotes

One of the things I did when I discovered this huge importance of being vulnerable is very happily moved away from the shame research, because that's such a downer, and people hate that topic. It's not that vulnerability is the upside, but it's better than shame, I guess.

It earns you a lot of snark if you're able to convey vulnerability.

I think sexy is vulnerability, and there's no way you can act vulnerable. It just has to be there.

Being vulnerable is the hardest thing for so many people, including myself, but it's also the most satisfying thing.

There's things that I say that people wouldn't say. And just putting across my vulnerability as a person in my music as well. A lot of people wouldn't do that, everyone wants to be hard.

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

There is a difference between vulnerability and telling people everything about yourself. Vulnerability is a feeling. Telling everyone about yourself is just facts and details.

Vulnerability is about showing up and being seen. It's tough to do that when we're terrified about what people might see or think.

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 really vulnerable onstage because it's just me. I'm not really trying to put up a front or act a certain way.

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've learned that to expose yourself, to reveal yourself is a test of your humanness.

I feel like my secret magic trick that separates me from a lot of my peers is the bravery to be vulnerable and truthful and honest.

Vulnerability is the essence of romance. It's the art of being uncalculated, the willingness to look foolish, the courage to say, 'This is me, and I'm interested in you enough to show you my flaws with the hope that you may embrace me for all that I am but, more important, all that I am not.'

No notes. You speak from deep in your heart. It's easy.

Vulnerability is the birthplace of connection and the path to the feeling of worthiness. If it doesn't feel vulnerable, the sharing is probably not constructive.

Self-awareness is a character trait that's horrible to have if you're a performer. I think that a lot of these performers that we see get up on stage and play music, there's a sense of them truly not caring how they're coming across. They are just themselves. I look up to a lot of people who are like that.

If you're really gonna live, you have to be vulnerable.

Vulnerability is important in life, I feel. That's what allows you to experience intense emotions, whether it's joy or pain or sadness.

I think it's good to be a little more fearless in saying what you feel. In not being scared of the repercussions of that.

It took awhile for me to get used to speaking candidly about my own life. I got into it, and it turned out to be a wonderful experience.

I think that a man should not be shy; you should say what you really think and feel - put it out there.

Once I wrote 'Atmosphere,' I thought, 'This is my story; it's me and my life and what I've gone through to get to where I am.' I'm not the best singer, but still. All of my albums are personal, but putting myself out there and singing is one more thing that makes me vulnerable - one more thing that people can fire shots at.

I love to take actors to a place where they open a vein. That's the job. The key is that I make it safe for them to open the vein.

I found that the more truthful and vulnerable I was, the more empowering it was for me.