Dion Waiters Quotes

I've been the type of guy, I've always been very forthcoming with how I feel. And that it doesn't make you less of a man to like go and be like, 'This is how I feel about you. This is the truth.'

Speaking my truth. I think that's the number one thing, man. That's my 2018 mantra. Speak your truth, because you hold all that in, it's going to destroy you.

The songs come from a vulnerable place, but expressing that part of yourself can also make you feel fearless.

Anything I've ever said, I certainly was feeling at the time.

Being so honest in my writing is cathartic.

Write books only if you are going to say in them the things you would never dare confide to anyone.

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

I'm not always going to say things the perfect way, the right way. But I'm going to say how I feel.

My thing is this; if I'm sick enough to think it, then I'm sick enough to say it.

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.

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 think women are amazing for being able to show what they feel. I admire women who do. I think it's a mistake when women cover their emotions to look tough. I say let's own who we are and use it as a strength.

I'm not afraid to say what I feel.

One should say what he/she feels.

'Bottled Up' is so honest. It's something we all can relate to.

If something is on my mind, I've got to get it out. I can't front, for lack of a better term.

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

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

The first sentence of the truth is always the hardest. Each of us had a first sentence, and most of us found the strength to say it out loud to someone who deserved to hear it. What we hoped, and what we found, was that the second sentence of the truth is always easier than the first, and the third sentence is even easier than that. Suddenly you are speaking the truth in paragraphs, in pages. The fear, the nervousness, is still there, but it is joined by a new confidence. All along, you've used the first sentence as a lock. But now you find that it's the key.

The hardest thing to remember is that what we each really want is the truth of our lives, good or bad. Not rocking the boat is an illusion that can only be maintained by the unspoken agreement not to feel and in the long run it never really works. Let go of saving the boat and save the passengers instead.

Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes.

My whole act is confession.

What is it in us that makes us feel the need to keep pretending... we gotta let ourselves be.

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

In all the writers I admire, the common detonator is their courage to walk naked.