Jay-Z Quotes

I personally have a philosophy around authenticity and vulnerability.

I feel like my secret magic trick that separates me from a lot of my peers is the bravery to be vulnerable and truthful and honest.

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.

My whole act is confession.

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.

You can hide so much behind theatrics, and I don't need to do that any more.

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

For a long time I tried to manage an honesty and openness about my personal life because I'm human and I'm normal - well, semi-normal.

I'd rather tell you how I really feel.

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

I've learned that to expose yourself, to reveal yourself is a test of your humanness.

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

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.'

One of the hardest things to do is to be present and open and clear about who you are and what you stand for. We all have issues with that.

I've learned not to hide behind a veil of irony - to talk about my work in a more honest way.

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

I think the best writing is full of honesty and conviction. A lot of people are afraid to reveal much of themselves.

I think a lot of pain in people's lives comes from not being open and honest about what they really think, what they really feel, what they like, what they don't like.

I realised that you have to be honest. When you're being open, that's when people connect with you. You just have to be yourself.

I don't really know any other way than to be vulnerable or just be myself.

I don't have any issue with people seeing my real self.

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

I think I have come to a place where I'm able to feel more comfortable about being honest.

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