RaeLynn Quotes

Coming off 'Reflection,' what we really wanted to do was be more vulnerable.

You know, I've sung a lot of emotional songs in my life, but when you're writing it yourself, it's very difficult to decide what to reveal.

There is a difference between vulnerability and telling people everything about yourself. Vulnerability is a feeling. Telling everyone about yourself is just facts and details.

I really am an open book. I don't keep anything in at all, which is good and bad.

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.'

The work that's interesting to me in other people is really confessional.

To be vulnerable, to be raw, to virtually expose your guts, I like doing that.

You know, real artists, we expose our flaws. We long for intimacy.

I don’t hide my emotions from people.

It's the most personal thing that I do is sing. Because I can't tell a lie. I want them to know exactly what I'm feeling.

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

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.

Being vulnerable is the hardest thing for so many people, including myself, but it's also the most satisfying thing.

I like men who straightforwardly express their emotions.

I think people relate to me because of the ups and downs I have had. I mean, I've shared a lot of strong emotions in my life, that I think maybe 'cause they believe I'm not scared to tell everybody I'm a human being.

When I put my first project out ages ago, I didn't want to show anyone my emotions. Now I think it's better for people to understand how I am as a person and let them relate.

Man was made to lead with his chin; he is worth knowing only with his guard down, his head up and his heart rampant on his sleeve.

I'm just not very comfortable talking about my emotions on a normal, day-to-day basis.

My whole act is confession.

I think that people respond to honesty in music, so I only choose songs that are the truth for me.

I'm most honest about writing when I'm talking to family or friends, not to newspapers.

The only problems I've ever had with being honest is telling people how I feel about them or saying how I feel about other people.

Country music busts the wall between performer and audience. There's a connection because there's a vulnerability, a confessional quality, to so much of the songwriting. Those lyrics take you in.

My only hope to receive love is to let you see who I am, then I may believe you.

I need to let people know who I am and instead of just trying to make great records, just be honest and make it more personal and make it more passionate, to make records with emotion and not be afraid to express that.