Rinko Kikuchi Quotes

Being German, I think we don't really express a lot of things.

America is a noisy culture, unlike, say, Finland, which values silence. Individualism, dominant in the U.S. and Germany, promotes the direct, fast-paced style of communication associated with extraversion. Collectivistic societies, such as those in East Asia, value privacy and restraint, qualities more characteristic of introverts.

I'm not the best at hiding my emotions.

The most confronting thing you can do is talk about your feelings and open yourself up.

Women are at little trouble to express what they do not feel; but men are still at less to express what they do feel.

I'm very English, and we don't talk about emotions publicly.

I've always believed in trying to be as open as possible. I think it almost comes with the job - if you can bare your emotions, it makes for better acting.

I don’t hide my emotions from people.

We're a pretty open-book family; we kind of lead with our hearts. There's nothing to hide.

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 tend to find you have to be fairly vulnerable to get something... to get a perspective worth having. Which can be controversial. But I find telling someone what you're thinking about, what you want, and what you're afraid of can often help them give guidance.

A lot of the work I've done has been about being very raw and open with your emotions.

Most of my songs are inspired by both falling in love and heartache. And it was a turning point for me as a singer and songwriter as it dawned on me that I wasn't being honest enough about what I truly feel.

I wear my heart on my sleeve and tell you how it is.

I can admit and say that I have feelings.

I've always been a really open person around my friends.

I have no pokerface.

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

In general, in more collectivist cultures, we see that in group settings, people dampen their emotions but are very expressive when they are at home alone. In more individualistic cultures, such as North America and Europe, it's the opposite - people are more expressive in group settings than when they are by themselves.

German Jews don't show their emotions in public.

I am an emotional guy. I try to be very honest.

In England, gossiping is not as commonplace or even celebrated as much as it is in Latino culture. But it is not as frowned upon as it is in the United States by U.S. Americans.

Harshvardhan Kapoor is very sincere, somebody who wears his heart on his sleeve.

I'm never nervous about being vulnerable with my songwriting because my favorite artists are ones that are vulnerable. I want people to feel like they know me.

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.