Kimberly Guilfoyle Quotes

People feel like they know me, in a strange way, like they grew up with me or they went to high school with me!

People always tell me that they grew up with me - like I'm their brother or uncle or some other family member. That keeps me going.

That's when you know you know somebody. When you know every piece of clothing they have in their wardrobe. That's friendship.

A lot of people have told me, you know, that what I've written about, they identify with strongly.

I think that talking about the personal specificity, personal details, is how you get the big, big audiences - by talking about your relationships or your personal tragedies. If you reach out with that energy, you'll touch people.

I'm just like my fans, and that's the way I like it.

I like the idea of readers feeling a familiarity, whether it's with Africa or childhood.

If someone is expressing everything I am feeling at the moment, it's probably Jon Stewart. I hear him and think, Yeah!

I like characters who remind me of someone I know.

Audiences want to feel represented, want to be able to empathize with the characters and the stories they are seeing on the screen.

I realized that there's this fine line between being personal and being general and being alienating.

I think when I show my vulnerability, people relate with that because they know deep down inside that they have vulnerable moments, and they can really connect and identify with me on those things.

I feel such a connection to 'Violet.'

My goal's always to connect and relate to my audience. I want them to leave my show feeling like they got to know me better - not only that, but like we could be friends. I want people to leave going, 'Oh my gosh, I could totally hang out with her!'

I want someone to look at me and find a little of themselves in me.

The essence of Yungblud is connection. That's all I want to do: connect with people.

My songwriting is personal in the hope that listeners will know that I relate to them.

Sonya is the way she is for a reason and I love enlightening the fans on what those things are because so many people are going through similar experiences and have amazing stories I love to hear and relate to myself.

A lot of people can relate to me.

I think when people hear your music, sometimes they get deeply attached to it and think they know something about you, that you're kindred spirits or something.

Oakland is home, and you always want to go home. Anytime you get the chance, you're happy to go home.

Why would anybody connect to someone who has everything going for them? It's the person who has faults that people want to connect to. So people identify with certain insecurities on stage and just by me talking about my diabetes people come up to me after the show and tell me "Gabe, my blood sugar is out of control and I feel you". That's the first thing they say, they say "I feel you!".

If you put your personal stories out there people always connect.

The opposite of Loneliness is not Togetherness , It's Intimacy.

People ask me why I connected. It was presumptuous of me to say, but I'm Everyman. The difference is I put my thoughts into words.