Nas Quotes

I've never been that person to fake it, and say what everyone else wants you to say. Then you never have anything personal. If I wanted to be an actress all the time, I could do that. But I don't. I want to be real. I want to be a real person. That's what an artist is. An artist has to be honest. Without honesty, there's nothing.

Nobody stays here by faking reality in any manner whatever.

Authenticity is a collection of choices that we have to make every day. It's about the choice to show up and be real. The choice to be honest. The choice to let our true selves be seen.

Not like this. He wanted it to be real.

What we want is to be real. Let us not appear to be more than we are. Don't let us put on any cant, any assumed humility, but let us be real; that is the delight of God. God wants us to be real men and women, and if we profess to be what we are not, God knows all about us. God hates sham.

It is better to be silent and be real than to talk and not be real.

I say what I think. I'm a real person, not some manufactured pop tart who's afraid to step out of the hotel room. I am flawed. I swear, I have the occasional cocktail, I pick my nose and I fart. I'm not running for any presidential campaign at the moment. I'm a sassy girl.

People want real. And there are a lot of women out there doing that.

The only thing more important than being good is being real. Authenticity is kinder than resignation without conviction. Truth leads to good faster than good leads to truth. Ultimately truth is good, but you have to live it from the inside out.

It's very important to be as transparent, as real as possible, as a person.

We think sometimes we're only drawn to the good, but we're actually drawn to the authentic. We like people who are real more than those who hide their true selves under layers of artificial niceties

With trees and rocks and the sea and the stars and the clouds and the sun - you cannot be unreal, you cannot be phoney. You HAVE to be real because when you are encountering nature, nature creates something in you which is natural. Responding to nature continuously, you become natural.

In life, what more can you ask for than to be real?

I want to be real. I want to be a real person. That's what an artist is. An artist has to be honest. Without honesty, there's nothing.

There's not much difference between what I appear to be on stage and what I am. I think people like that, that I'm not trying to pull a caper.

I never want to fake it. That's my whole thing.

I try not to fake anything.

Strive to be authentic all the time. That's sort of my philosophy on life, which applies to acting.

I'm not trying to be something I ain't. That's right. I'm me.

I think if you're too concerned with being cool or hip or liked, you can't really make good TV because sincerity and coolness are opposites.

Soul is about authenticity. Soul is about finding the things in your life that are real and pure.

Sometimes it is hard to sing and dance at the same time, but I would rather be off and be real and genuine about it to my fans.

I am the same on camera as I am off. I can't imagine being any other way.

Some people have a persona that they bring, and I can't do that. It's just me that you get, I'm afraid.

I don't want to stand in front of a whole lot of fakeys. If I'm going to meet someone and say hello, I want to feel like I'm really meeting that person, not a masked version. I want to give that to people when they meet me. You don't have to like it. I'm not looking for you to like it; I'm looking to be myself.