Terrance Hayes Quotes

I'd rather tell you how I really feel.

If you're gonna tell your life story, you gotta be honest, or don't do it.

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.

The art of life is to show your hand.

The more horrible the truth that you admit, the better you connect. You have to tell the truth.

Anytime I hear songs that are so honest, whether they make the person who's singing it look good or not, there's a level of honesty that resonates with people.

I am comfortable talking about everything because I think you can't hide it. I can't hide what I'm doing. I can't lie to people when they see something.

We tap into something when we're honest about what's going on in our lives.

People ask me about past projects I've worked on, and other things; I'm just really bad at lying. I have a bad poker face, so I just try to tell people how I'm feeling in the moment and really what I was trying to do.

I have always said what is in my heart.

I sort of feel that I have to constantly be really, really honest with the way I feel, and I have to get that out.

I think what's captivating about me on the microphone is my honesty.

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.

You've got to be who you are. You've got to be honest with people. If your views change on something, you've got to be willing to express it.

I personally have a philosophy around authenticity and vulnerability.

There are things to confess that enrich the world, and things that need not be said.

I try to be as honest and open as I am with everything that I do because it's just, um, It helps me, you know, like whether it's stand up or singing or act. I just try to stay true.

I find talking about my work harder than it might be if honesty wasn't my calling card.

Expressing truth is hard work.

Let us speak, though we show all our faults and weaknesses, - for it is a sign of strength to be weak, to know it, and out with it - not in a set way and ostentatiously, though, but incidentally and without premeditation.

I need to tell the world what I'm about, my nature, because not doing so would be teaching my children how to lie. I didn't want it to be.

My life is an open pamphlet.

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

All I'm ever looking for in my work in general is honesty and truth and people being real to themselves.

In my music and my life, I'm honest with my feelings, and people appreciate that. That's just the way I am.