Harry Connick Jr. Quotes

Acting is all about truth and honesty, and the sensitivity that's capable of transporting you.

I think romance is anything honest. As long as it's honest, it's so disarming.

I sing songs that I have lived or I write them because I have lived them. I think the believability factor is key.

Music is like making love: either all or nothing.

I decided at 15 that I didn't want to be one of those artists that gets up and sings love songs they don't mean. I decided that I was going to be me to the fullest extent, that my songs were going to reflect relationships I've had, things I've been through, and even the stuff I'm embarrassed about.

When you're playing a romantic version of a real person, you're playing a version of the truth.

When I'm playing a part, I can feel all my body playing it; it's like really making love.

For all the acting you can do, the actual soul of someone does somehow permeate through their work.

What I say is from my heart. You must be sincere. So when I sing a song, people are supposed to feel it.

Acting means nothing unless it's truth. And honesty.

I try to bring all my sincerity to the character I play. That way, I am dedicated.

People don't really need to question our sincerity when it comes to our songs.

I don't have to prepare any speeches for love. It's something that I engage with on a consistent basis.

The only people who make love all the time are liars.

I love no woman, for love is a serious business, not a jest.

Songs are about just being totally honest and putting those words to music.

Acting is real important to me. I love it, and it's something I care about.

Many more people saw me on TV than will ever get to see me on stage, but I do love being in the same room as the people I'm telling the story to.

On stage you can get away with a lot more in the sense of emotion and truthfulness. But the camera is the eye of God. It sees everything.

I'm at my best when I'm being genuine and sincere, and reading my material straight up to an audience that wants to listen.

Music is not simply an orchestration of something, but it's also not something as trivial as honesty.

For a creative writer possession of the 'truth' is less important than emotional sincerity.

Out there in the spotlight you're a million miles away and every ounce of energy you try to give away as the sweat pours out your body like the music that you play.

Love is an emotion. It can't be seen or touched, and it is experienced differently by everyone, therefore it is difficult to measure.

Singing is about telling a story. When you are onstage, you get to be your own self... When acting, you're someone else.