Kerli Quotes

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.

The art of life is to show your hand.

I'm not ashamed to speak about anything. And what I'm telling you is real; it's from the heart.

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.

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

I believe in the importance of sincerity and emotion and honesty in TV, even when it's goofy comedy.

I personally have a philosophy around authenticity and vulnerability.

I try to be as honest and open as I am with everything that I do because it's just, um, It helps me, you know, like whether it's stand up or singing or act. I just try to stay true.

My interviewing style and my approach to things is that, yes, it's okay to be sincere; it's okay to be yourself; it's okay to be real.

I think you have to be yourself, and you have to be real and you have to admit what you don't know, and talk about what you do know, and talk about what you don't know as long as you say you don't know it.

I let people see the cracks in my life. We can't be phony. We've got to keep it real.

I'm not afraid to be bluntly honest in my songs, even if it means I'm discovering things about myself that I'd rather not.

I want to be honest, and even if that's scary, I know it's worth it.

I think I've been incredibly raw my whole career. A lot of people spend a lot of time trying to look cool and spend time being guarded and putting up walls. I just never had the time. It seems more honest to say, 'Hey, this is who I am.'

I don't want to stand in front of a whole lot of fakeys. If I'm going to meet someone and say hello, I want to feel like I'm really meeting that person, not a masked version. I want to give that to people when they meet me. You don't have to like it. I'm not looking for you to like it; I'm looking to be myself.

When you're true to yourself - not the audience that reads about me in the newspaper or sees a clip someplace, but the audience that actually comes and watches, just like Oprah - they get to know you and they sense something genuine.

I've learned not to hide behind a veil of irony - to talk about my work in a more honest way.

All I'm ever looking for in my work in general is honesty and truth and people being real to themselves.

Anytime I hear songs that are so honest, whether they make the person who's singing it look good or not, there's a level of honesty that resonates with people.

I know being an open, honest, outspoken person gets me into trouble all the time, but I don't know how to be any other way.

I try to just be as real and open as possible.

I have always said what is in my heart.

I realised that you have to be honest. When you're being open, that's when people connect with you. You just have to be yourself.

It's just about being honest. I listen to a lot of stuff that's out there, some of which I wrote, and I'm like, 'Where is that? Where's the honesty?' So that's what I want to get to in my music now.

It's just so humanizing to see someone be real.