Mura Masa Quotes

A lot of the work I've done has been about being very raw and open with your emotions.

I'm never nervous about being vulnerable with my songwriting because my favorite artists are ones that are vulnerable. I want people to feel like they know me.

I am interested in personal stories because that's when people become expressive, spontaneous and heartfelt.

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 live my life pretty emotionally, for better and for worse. I'm pretty thin-skinned and transparent. I lead with my heart, and I wanted to make a movie that did the same.

When I started to write 'Hannah's Child,' I realized that this had to be a book of passion, to have a certain kind of vulnerability. I think that people respond to that.

What men don't want, in fact what anyone who's any sort of thrill-seeking, intelligent adult doesn't want, is some crushing bore describing their emotions in real time every waking hour.

If it makes you cry, it goes in the show.

It's so easy for me to do a boy-bashing pop song, but to sit down and write honestly about something that's really close to me, something I've been through, it's a totally different thing.

Feelings or emotions are the universal language and are to be honored. They are the authentic expression of who you are at your deepest place.

It's the most personal thing that I do is sing. Because I can't tell a lie. I want them to know exactly what I'm feeling.

I just write about how I'm feeling at the time. If I feel like being cheeky and a bit straight up and a bit aggressive, you'll hear that in my music. If I feel like being very vulnerable and opening up about something personal, you'll hear that, too.

Coming off 'Reflection,' what we really wanted to do was be more vulnerable.

I like men who straightforwardly express their emotions.

I think it's sort of rare in TV shows or movies to see people being vulnerable. That's sort of scary to an audience.

It is very hard to say the exact truth, even about your own immediate feelings – much harder than to say something fine about them which is not the exact truth.

Only a handful of people are honest when they sing. A lot of people sing about very vague things, or they'll sing about someone breaking up with them, but a lot of people don't go too deep into their past and stuff, because they don't want it to be let out. I just do it anyway.

My whole act is confession.

I think that people respond to honesty in music, so I only choose songs that are the truth for me.

My work is always more emotional than I am. My characters say things to each other that I get accused of not being able to say to my girlfriend.

I think most of my songs are based on an emotion and in every song I write, there's at least a partial truth.

True feeling justifies whatever it may cost.

The only problems I've ever had with being honest is telling people how I feel about them or saying how I feel about other people.

I like to play these unconventional characters, yes. They're close to the way I feel as a human being.

I feel what I sing, and I sing what I feel. Really, that's all I can do.