C. S. Lewis Quotes

The tongue should express what is in the heart.

I think that people respond to honesty in music, so I only choose songs that are the truth for me.

Music to me is about being honest, and it's what I've always pictured music as. I don't see the point of expressing yourself if you are going to be cryptic about it.

I love being gut-wrenchingly honest.

I'm going to let you know the real, and I'm going to let you know the real as I can about me.

I try and be truthful.

I want that every piece of art be honest, never mind what it is about.

I'm see-through. And I'm the worst liar of all time.

People can sense when someone is fake or real on TV.

I am, by nature, an honest person. I wear my emotions on my sleeve. There is no 'behind closed doors' with me.

I'm not good at hiding my feelings. I'm also not good at lying. I'm very open about everything.

I'd rather tell you how I really feel.

You know I am done lying. Obscuring the truth is no longer something I have any interest in doing. I want it all to come out. The good, the bad, the ugly.

I was being honest - I have nothing to hide. All I do, all the time, with everybody, is tell them what I am thinking, what I am feeling.

I'm not a theatrics guy who does things for effect. Whatever comes out is what I feel. It just comes out.

Don't be 'consistent', but be simply true.

I make an effort to keep it as real as I possibly can.

I hope they see the genuine side of me, of my music, of my voice. I hope that they feel me. I hope that what I sing and what I say really gets across to the viewer because everything that comes out is true.

I think I've been incredibly raw my whole career. A lot of people spend a lot of time trying to look cool and spend time being guarded and putting up walls. I just never had the time. It seems more honest to say, 'Hey, this is who I am.'

It's a waste of time for people to say things they think other people want to hear, or try and come off in a certain way. I try to be as honest as I can.

The art of life is to show your hand.

With love, you don't mislead or play around, so if you're not perfectly clear, just be honest about it.

Expressing truth is hard work.

I think anything that is expressed directly and as honestly as possible will last.

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.