Virginia Woolf Quotes

I say what I'm feeling, and a lot of people feel the same way.

It is very hard to say the exact truth, even about your own immediate feelings – much harder than to say something fine about them which is not the exact truth.

I think a lot of people don't wear their hearts on their sleeves. I think people should, but a lot of people don't. People may be a bit taken back sometimes about how honest I am and how open I am. But I'm happier this way - it's a good thing for me.

Say it before you run out of time. Say it before it's too late. Say what you're feeling. Waiting is a mistake.

Never be ashamed of what or how you feel... just be honest.

I say what's in my heart, and I do it in my concerts.

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.

I've always spoken my mind and from the heart.

I am an emotional guy. I try to be very honest.

I sort of feel that I have to constantly be really, really honest with the way I feel, and I have to get that out.

I am an honest person, and that includes showing my emotions - good or bad.

I like men who straightforwardly express their emotions.

I don't try to hide my feelings or what I think.

The main thing is to be myself. What I mean by that is, to be honest when called upon to express your feelings. The other thing is - maybe this should come first - to be a good listener. To close your mouth and to listen, and to be able to echo back what your partner says to you.

Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say.

To me, honesty and the difficulty of honest communication are at the heart of both my life and my movies. The difficulty of being yourself.

It's better to say too much, than never to say what you need to say again.

So release yourself from that. Don't be strategic or coy. Strategic and coy are for jackasses. Be brave. Be authentic. Practice saying the word 'love' to the people you love so when it matters the most to say it, you will.

The greatest consolation in life is to say what one thinks.

How can anyone expect to be understood unless he presents his thoughts with complete honesty? This situation is unfair because it asks too much of the world. In effect, we say, ' I don't dare show you what I am because I don't trust you for a minute but please love me anyway because I so need you to. And, of course, if you don't love me anyway, you're a dirty dog, just as I suspected, so I was right in the first place.' Yet, every time God's children have thrown away fear in pursuit of honesty-trying to communicate themselves, understood or not, miracles have happened.

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

I feel like my honesty gives people the freedom to talk about things they wouldn't otherwise.

What's the point of a song if you can't be honest?

Music to me is about being honest, and it's what I've always pictured music as. I don't see the point of expressing yourself if you are going to be cryptic about it.