Ted Turner Quotes

Sometimes I feel like I used to be a person that liked to express himself a lot and put my feelings out there.

That idea of not always being in control of the primitive parts of yourself - the bits that fall in love or the bits that dance or lose the plot or drink too much - and putting that across... that's pop for me. It's playing with all the different colours of the rainbow of life.

I felt the need to be more open and expressive of my feelings, not just about the hills and the countryside, but about the daily life.

I think there's a little bit of idiot in everybody and I think some people cover it better than others but I think I am very much a guy who wears his heart on his sleeve.

I better be honest about my feelings, even those involving loneliness, jealousy, and fear.

I'm very free with all my emotions, whether it's happy, sad, mad, glad, whatever.

The songs come from a vulnerable place, but expressing that part of yourself can also make you feel fearless.

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 actually think it's harder to play vulnerability, because you're having to delve deeper into portions of your own psyche, what it is that makes you human.

Real intimacy is only possible to the degree that we can be honest about what we are doing and feeling.

The way I played the game, the way I live my life, is very emotional.

If you express yourself too much, you're considered weak.

I remember keeping a lot of journals and diaries and trying to form a complete thought just based off of those immediate, raw feelings. If anything, I was conscious about how I just always wanted to be as honest as possible, no matter how vulnerable it would make me seem.

You can tell I'm not too bashful about some of my feelings.

I'm an emotional guy.

I have a producer friend who despairs that I come across as rather frosty and never show the real me, and she might have a point.

Nobody can tell you you're wrong for writing a song about how you feel - even if you don't really feel that way.

I'm not always going to say things the perfect way, the right way. But I'm going to say how I feel.

Part of acting is always just being available emotionally and open to people.

There is no harm in showing your feelings. It's not unmanly.

I am more off-the-cuff and wear my emotions on my sleeve more than I should.

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

It's such a release to show yourself as not a charming person but just someone who is vulnerable.

When I read my interviews, I feel, is it me? I constantly wonder if someone will get hurt if I say this or that. It is unfortunate that I am scared to say what I feel.

I've done a few face palms after things I've said because it's stupid. But if I'm not like that, I won't feel human anymore. I'll just feel like some robot saying what I'm supposed to say. I think that's when people lose it.