Christine McVie Quotes

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

If I can't be honest with music, forget it.

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 think the success of my work stems from being truthful.

Being honest is my job. That's what music is for me.

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.

Truth is the number one element in whatever you do with music.

I'm a writer. My job is to speak what - that which I think is true. If that bridges the gap, that's good. If it doesn't, that's too bad.

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.

My whole goal is to be honest and sincere with the music I'm making.

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

I'm kind of a perfectionist about my songwriting. If I don't mean it, I don't think it's any good.

I believe that my work has been well-received because it is authentic. All people really want are authenticity and truth.

An artist cannot be partially sincere any more than art can be an approximation of beauty.

You can write anything you want to,--a six-act blank verse, symbolic tragedy or a vulgar short, short story. Just so that you write it with honesty and gusto, and do not try to make somebody believe that you are smarter than you are. What's the use? You can never be smarter than you are.

A poet's first contract is with truth.

Being honest is what counts. To make the ordinary extraordinary is so much better than starting with the extraordinary.

I would hate to make music and people love me for something that isn't me.

All I can do is focus on staying true to the style of music I write and sing because that is the only way it's going to come off as honest.

The best strips are the most honest. That's just the truth of it.

Nothing can be beautiful which is not true.

The only thing you can really say in a poem is what you really, really deeply believe.

I'm not the guy that wants to be famous and make loads of money and sell loads of records. I don't want that. I just want to be true. I want to be... I want to serve music. I want to be honest.

Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.