Chamillionaire Quotes

Not compromising the music, but there is a way, by just showing the people that you're sincere and honest with what you're doing, and by talking to them.

Well, you know what they say in Hollywood - the most important thing is being sincere, even if you have to fake it.

You can tell when someone is putting on a role. If someone really believes in what they're saying, it's quite hard to find cracks.

One thing my mother had a nose for was inauthenticity.

Sincerity: if you can fake it, you've got it made.

I'm not fake in any way.

People need realness, reality. People can sense when someone is being pretentious or fake. It's because you feel it; you see it in someone's body language.

Oh, I can spot a phoney a mile away.

People sniff out when you try to fake something or be something you are not.

If you're faking it, people will know, and it's going to turn a lot of people off.

I'm not good at fake.

Drake ain't fake.

People can smell a fake.

If you pretend to be somebody that you're not when you write songs - and I did that on some of the early Styx albums - nobody cares about what you have to say.

People like me because I'm real.

If you try to make music and try to convey to everyone that everything is all peachy-keen, you might come off like you're full of it, and that could be something that draws listeners away.

Do not be deceived by a man's eloquence; rather whoever fulfils trusts and refrains from impugning people's honour is a real man.

When you're being real, that's endearing to an audience. When you're not being real and you're making jumps to things that don't really follow how they would in reality, people don't appreciate that.

I think it's really nice to have an authenticity, it's a huge source for us to be able to lean on people who have that knowledge.

I just like a good, honest personality. I like a real person, not somebody who is pretending to be something that they're not. That really annoys me.

Be real. Try to do what you say, say what you mean, and be what you seem.

You listen to a politician making a speech, and it is like hearing nothing. Whereas, music is unmistakably music. The thing about music is that nobody listens to it unless it's real. I don't think that you can fool anybody for too long in music. And you certainly can't fool everybody.

I'm going to be real as hell and show you who I am, because I want the kids to see who I really am and the basketball players to see who I really am, and that's all that matters to me.

Authenticity, to me, is something that you feel, and if it doesn't feel authentic, you pick up on it right away.

Younger viewers have a very strong detector for what's real and legit and what's phony or pandering.