Peter Arno Quotes

In my new book, 'Binge,' I share essays about everything I've never told my viewers - touching on the best and worst days of my life, some hilarious, some embarrassing, but all extremely personal.

My life is an open pamphlet.

I've noticed that the more I open up, the more I learn.

I personally have a philosophy around authenticity and vulnerability.

I think I've been addicted to openness since long before my rock career. I was terrible as a teenager. I used to go out of my way to make people uncomfortable with personal details. I was always fascinated by the idea that we have these weird, random boundaries between what we do and don't show.

The more you're writing absolutely honestly, and absolutely bare of intention - even if it feels absolutely personal and small because it's at your own scale - other people relate to it much more.

I haven't always been vocal about my feelings, especially in a relationship.

I seek to be authentic and engaging, using my own experiences, being as vulnerable as I ask my clients to be, to enhance the process.

Vulnerability is the essence of romance. It's the art of being uncalculated, the willingness to look foolish, the courage to say, 'This is me, and I'm interested in you enough to show you my flaws with the hope that you may embrace me for all that I am but, more important, all that I am not.'

I've become more comfortable with opening up.

I felt the need to be more open and expressive of my feelings, not just about the hills and the countryside, but about the daily life.

Just sharing who you are - there's so much value in that.

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

I think that, for a lot of us, the closer we get to showing people who we really are, that's where we feel the most uncomfortable, the most vulnerable. But it's also where the healthiest growth comes from. Like when I can really open myself up to someone and show someone who I really am, it's amazing when it happens.

I'm just not very comfortable talking about my emotions on a normal, day-to-day basis.

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.

There are quite a few honest songwriters out there writing about relationships and their own personality traits. But for some reason, once they step out of the bedroom, their honesty doesn't seem to come with them.

It took awhile for me to get used to speaking candidly about my own life. I got into it, and it turned out to be a wonderful experience.

I think the currency of leadership is transparency. You've got to be truthful. I don't think you should be vulnerable every day, but there are moments where you've got to share your soul and conscience with people and show them who you are, and not be afraid of it.

I want the subject to be in control. Because they will give me something I couldn't possibly know about them.

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.

I want to show people that there's a side of myself other than just the outrageous comedian.

I'm just so comfortable talking about my private life: I just think because I'm not that clever.

I don't have dreams. How can I say it? I myself am a dream.

I can achieve that by personally relating the words that I am saying to something I have known in my life.