James Russell Lowell Quotes

There's nothing coy or frilly about me.

I'm a pretty open book.

I'm not a complicated person.

I take a lot of pride in being able to say that what you see is what you get.

Simplicity is the key for me. I can't write clever songs; I just can't do it.

I'm just a straightforward kind of dude.

I'm a "what you see is what you get" kind of guy. I don't have any time to be showing anybody any bag of tricks.

I can't be arsed with game players. I'm more 'I like you, do you like me? Let's go and do something about it.' I'm a very straightforward person like that.

I don't like to act in my personal life. I like to be straightforward.

The cast called her Lucy, but everyone else called her Mrs. Ball. She was honest with people. If she liked you, you knew it. If she didn't, you knew it, also.

I learned at a very early age, the easiest thing in the world is to tell the truth, and then you don't have to remember what you said. It has nothing to do with morality, just remembering what you said.

I don't believe in putting on airs. I call it like I see it.

There are no hidden depths to me.

A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring truth to form, he is not constantly at work upon the facade of his appearance.

I have a reputation for speaking my mind. I like to think my candor and bluntness will give you the answers.

I don't think I'm complicated at all. I'm not political, and I'm not trying to be diplomatic. I don't want to hurt anybody's feelings, and I don't say bad things about people. There is no agenda. There's no trying to fool somebody.

I don't want to be mysterious.

I have no affectation when I speak.

I feel strongly that I need to try to make my shows as real as possible. What you see is what you get.

I don't want any title. I just say what I say, and hopefully somebody gets it, man. I'm not perfect, and I'm just here and trying to make a dollar, and being real at the same time, you know?

I'm a straight shooter, a New York City girl. I see things as they are and call them as they are.

You know, I'm pretty much an open book.

The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.

I'm just a real person and I tell it like it is. I don't have a lot of secrets, which has been a fault of mine.

When somebody asks me a question, I try to be as straightforward about it as possible. I try not to overthink what I'm going to say in an interview.