Lauren Mayberry Quotes

The first test any poem must pass is no longer, 'Is it true to nature?' but a criterion looking in a different direction: namely, 'Is it sincere? Is it genuine?'

I want that every piece of art be honest, never mind what it is about.

Like everything genuine, its inner life guarantees its truth. All works of art created by truthful minds without regard for the work's conventional exterior remain genuine for all times.

I think the success of my work stems from being truthful.

Great artists are people who find the way to be themselves in their art. Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike.

I think if you're too concerned with being cool or hip or liked, you can't really make good TV because sincerity and coolness are opposites.

If it doesn't come from your heart, music just doesn't work.

All of my music is honest.

I think the key for any kind of artist - and this transcends music - is a certain degree of authenticity and sincerity.

I think art is much more valuable when it's honest. If it's not honest, it's just propaganda.

If I could say anything to anybody out there thinking of creating their own content is to always, always, come from a place of authenticity.

I believe that my work has been well-received because it is authentic. All people really want are authenticity and truth.

I'll never put out some super-dumbed-down music. It'll always have some substance to it.

That's one thing I can't lose: I can't lose the realness in my music.

If what you're writing is genuine, regardless of whether it sounds cliche or people wouldn't necessarily think it's the most brilliant metaphor in the world, it's always important to be genuine with what you're writing; at least, that's how I feel.

I wouldn't disrespect myself or my art with any imitations.

No matter what I put out, no matter what genre - because I feel like I'm going to experiment with everything - I hope people will see that it's true to me, that it's honest, and nobody ever thinks that I'm inauthentic.

Too much art was no art at all. Like candy instead of bread!

I'd much rather be a one-hit wonder than a phony.

Be careful that you do not write or paint anything that is not your own, that you don't know in your own soul.

My concepts are never bright ideas; they're never notions I think will sell or be trendy or attract new fans. I don't think that way. All I can do is sing from my life.

It's amazing that you can listen to any song and you can always tell when there's some substance beneath it and when there isn't. Even if it's poetically written and technically brilliant, I'd rather hear something that's all over the place but has some soul to it.

I certainly want people to like my writing, but I know that if I write with the intention of trying to please people, the writing will not be good because it will not be authentic. So, ironically, I have to be willing to write something strange or unlovable in order to write anything truly good.

I definitely dislike pomposity and artifice. I hope that I'm not that. Once I write a song, it belongs to the world, and the way people perceive it, it's cool.

The best strips are the most honest. That's just the truth of it.