Bill Skarsgard Quotes

All of my favorite artists who inspired me were never afraid to be uncool and never afraid to wear their hearts on their sleeves - no matter how much flak they took for it.

For me, there's no point in being an artist and putting yourself out there if you're not going to really put yourself out there.

It's just about being honest. I listen to a lot of stuff that's out there, some of which I wrote, and I'm like, 'Where is that? Where's the honesty?' So that's what I want to get to in my music now.

The people I'm inspired by and I listen to are all ballsy, and I feel like I'm closer to an artist when they're open and honest.

Any real piece of writing is an act of courage.

I just do my thing and try each show to be more honest about why I am and who I am. It's quite tricky and actually nerve-racking to do that. It's kind of a happy train wreck.

I am quite certain in my heart of hearts that modern music and modern art is not a conspiracy, but is a form of truth and integrity for those who practise it honestly, decently and with all their being.

I try to be a truthful artist and I try to show a level of courage. I enjoy that. I'm a messenger.

There's a lot of risk in putting what you suspect you really are into your music.

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

I wrote what I felt I had to write, and I'm willing to put my own sanity and my reputation behind it.

Sarah Vaughan is one of my greatest heroes. She personifies what an artist is all about, taking risks, daring to go beyond the boundaries of safety and convention. It takes courage to share your vulnerability.

I always write what feels really true and honest and me.

I try to be as honest and open as I am with everything that I do because it's just, um, It helps me, you know, like whether it's stand up or singing or act. I just try to stay true.

Art, it seems to me, doesn't need freedom so much as it needs courage and love - some would call it 'soul' or 'Eros.'

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

You have to be willing to be afraid if you're going to be an artist.

The writer, when he is also an artist, is someone who admits what others don't dare reveal.

The art of life is to show your hand.

All of my music is honest.

I've always been an artist who's about being real and about telling the truth and making music with integrity and talking about something.

I know being an open, honest, outspoken person gets me into trouble all the time, but I don't know how to be any other way.

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

From a place of truth, I think artists or actors have to be real with what they're doing.

To make music that means something, you kind of have to drop the cool. You have to be prepared and willing to be uncool.