Big Sean Quotes

I don't wear a wig. I'd feel terrible onstage with a wig. I hate to be so 'Actors Studio'-ish, but I like to feel it's me out there.

I think sexy is vulnerability, and there's no way you can act vulnerable. It just has to be there.

It's only when I'm on stage that I really come to terms with the fact that other people are hearing my most inner, darkest thoughts.

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.

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.

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.'

It's hard to talk about yourself onstage and be sincere about it.

I think I've been incredibly raw my whole career. A lot of people spend a lot of time trying to look cool and spend time being guarded and putting up walls. I just never had the time. It seems more honest to say, 'Hey, this is who I am.'

Some people are attracted to vulnerability. From my very first album, I've been vulnerable. I've always given parts of me, parts of my life - good, bad, ugly. I've never put up this image as a super-thug. Also, some people just like the music.

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

I just write about how I'm feeling at the time. If I feel like being cheeky and a bit straight up and a bit aggressive, you'll hear that in my music. If I feel like being very vulnerable and opening up about something personal, you'll hear that, too.

I can be more real and more vulnerable when I sing.

I have to be vulnerable to allow myself to give the best performance I, and that doesn't stop in between takes, and it doesn't stop when I am finished for the night.

There's things that I say that people wouldn't say. And just putting across my vulnerability as a person in my music as well. A lot of people wouldn't do that, everyone wants to be hard.

I think it's sort of rare in TV shows or movies to see people being vulnerable. That's sort of scary to an audience.

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.

Sensitive people faced with the prospect of a camera portrait put on a face they think is the one they would like to show to the world... Every so often what lies behind the facade is rare and more wonderful than the subject knows or dares to believe.

I personally have a philosophy around authenticity and vulnerability.

I'm actually pretty shy in real life. But I guess in front of the camera, I focus.

For me, it's always more difficult and slightly exposing to play something that's close to yourself. I always like to try to hide, just because I can't stand the way I look.

I think the best acting is when you allow yourself to be kind of vulnerable in the moment.

One of the things I did when I discovered this huge importance of being vulnerable is very happily moved away from the shame research, because that's such a downer, and people hate that topic. It's not that vulnerability is the upside, but it's better than shame, I guess.

I was putting forward too much of myself when I was singing.

The closer you stay to emotional authenticity and people, character authenticity, the less you can go wrong. That's how I feel now, no matter what you're doing.