Donny Osmond Quotes

I like to smile when its natural. I'm not mad or anything. That's my style.

If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it.

I can't fake emotion.

True feeling justifies whatever it may cost.

It's hard for me to fake smile. I personally think I look stupid fake smiling.

You just have to be authentic. You can't fake a smile. You have to do what you actually enjoy.

Self-expression is my goal, I want to be real with my feelings. Singing and dancing and all the joy that goes with performing come from my heart. If I can't feel it, I won't do it.

I try to be genuine. I try to be real. It's such a subjective thing, but I try to convey an emotion.

I use myself for each part. Naturally, it's my body, it's my soul, it's my feelings. That's the only way I know how to work. I couldn't pretend.

I think people always respond to real moments.

I think irony precludes really feeling deeply about anything. I just didn't want to be that kind of writer who found nothing that wasn't worth indictment. I admire Willa Cather so much because she was unafraid to have big feelings and put them on the page. I just want to be able to believe in things.

As far as the creative process goes, I always make sure that anything that gets discussed or talked about in the record is true to form. I make it a point not to sing anything that I haven't felt or gone through.

I don't like acting things; I like feeling things.

And if I have a strong point, it's that I like to believe it's not cheap or schmaltzy sentimentality.

In singing, you cannot 'cheat' if you want to give emotions to those who are listening. You must have something to tell.

I don't think you should try to be anything you're not. If you're not smiling all the time or always happy - I don't think it matters. If you're having bad day, show you're having a bad day. Don't try to put up something that's fake.

To what purpose is it to be artificially happy on the surface?

I had to try and find a way to express happiness without sounding corny.

Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command.

Music is only special when it's coming from a genuine place - it's just energy trapped in a bottle.

I think it's easier to be cynical. I think the temptation, often, among writers is to write about anything other than real, true, deep feelings.

When you have a lot going on in a scene - whether it be a lot of shots, a lot of coverage, a lot of edits, or just the amount of content - it can cover up a deficit of true feeling. But when you don't have a lot of material to work with, you really have to be sincere with everything. You really have to mean it, because there's nowhere to hide.

Country music listeners really like genuineness, and I hope that's what we portray, and I think that's what we do.

If it's not coming from your heart and if you don't believe it, then more than likely you're not going to be able to bring yourself to performances that justify playing.

I don't wear any masks. If I am happy, you get to see it; if I am angry, then you get to see that also.