Shelley Berman Quotes

Really unfiltered personal writing is cool to me. I'm like, 'How did you show that to everyone?'

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.

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.

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'm more comfortable revealing myself than hiding behind metaphors. I respond to artists who reveal something of themselves.

It doesn't bother me to talk about my private life, it doesn't bother me to talk about anything. My life is like a glass of water, transparent.

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.

There are things to confess that enrich the world, and things that need not be said.

I'd rather tell you how I really feel.

Really, as a writer, I believe that if you're going to write about your own life, you need to do it as honestly and candidly as you are capable.

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

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.'

To write well you must be willing to go naked into the world.

I've always believed in trying to be as open as possible. I think it almost comes with the job - if you can bare your emotions, it makes for better acting.

I think my favorite artists are honest artists, and as a songwriter, that's what you have to do. You have to be willing to put yourself out there in a really vulnerable way.

I have a hard time not wearing my heart on my sleeve and answering people honestly. You know, my friends warn me that I should be more guarded 'cause sometimes I am too honest and open, but it's also just who I am.

I'm giving all that I have in this life. I'm opening up my notebook, and I'm saying everything in there out loud.

I'm not performing anymore. I reveal myself to the audience. I reveal myself. That's the show now.

I love to listen to people talk, especially when they're being really honest and they're not trying to sound any particular way.

In my music, I bare it all; it's really naked.

With my fan base, I'm just vulnerable. I'm very transparent and vulnerable.

I've been told that I overshare. Sometimes I get criticized for it, but how else would I be if not all of me?

When you write, you don't really think of how honest you are being - it's only when you record that you understand how much of yourself you're giving.

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

Like, if you get close enough to me you'll see how I really am.