Charles Woodson Quotes

I sing songs that I have lived or I write them because I have lived them. I think the believability factor is key.

I'm real. I believe what I'm saying. If Motel 6 wasn't the type of operation they say it is - and I stay at them when I travel - I wouldn't do their commercials. That comes through on the radio, and that's what it's all about.

My CV, as I've presented it, is exactly accurate.

If I'm talking about girls and stuff, it's usually the truth. So now, you know, if you hear my songs, you are gonna appreciate it differently because usually, it's the truth.

You can get in front of the media and say, 'Yeah, I'm working hard.' You can't do it in front of those other 52 guys in the locker room. You can't fool your teammates, because they see you. They see you every day, and they see you more than your family sees you.

I talk about things that happened in my life. Now, do I embellish? Absolutely. Come on, we all do it. It makes for a better story. But it always comes from a germ of truth.

I want to be real and relatable, because if I am not, then I lose my credibility among audiences.

That's good; don't deny it. Denying the undeniable just makes you sound like a fool as well as a liar. In this profession, you can be one- sometimes the other. But never both.

Any preacher who preaches beyond that which he has experienced is incapable of preaching with conviction.

Truth is the easiest thing to sell.

Without character, there is no credibility; and without credibility, there is no trust.

What I'm hoping to do though is to ground my extrapolations in specificity, and to make sure that the story I tell is deliberately and honestly told.

I think I've always been aware of it with my music. I think growing up basically and having a lot to deal with and just slowing down and having something to say and something to retract from, I think I just knew that what I was doing was extremely honest.

With writing, I think you have to be honest with yourself. I have a certain kind of writing; that is, I like to really embellish the human spirit. You have to write about something you have a feel for.

One can lie, but truth is more interesting.

I write songs about my own experiences. You can't lie to yourself. You can't pose to yourself.

Sincerity is always subject to proof.

And I really have done everything that I said I did do. The rest is just a story that somebody else made up.

I have a perfect horror of words that are not backed up by deeds.

Don't be afraid to say what you don't know, and speak for what you do know. Say, "I can't speak for all Latinas, but I can speak for me and tell you very, very honestly."

My friend, the truth is always implausible, did you know that? To make the truth more plausible, it's absolutely necessary to mix a bit of falsehood with it. People have always done so.

I don't blame anyone for not believing me, if I had not experienced it myself, I would not have believed it myself.

Thou canst not speak of what thou dost not feel.

It's much better to have your arguments dismissed because you might be joking than to have your arguments dismissed because you're not telling the truth.

Authenticity resonates with people. The industry can be very misleading and is built to make people believe what they see. But people aren't dumb they can see through that and I think real music and real people resonate.