Ichiro Suzuki Quotes

The things that drive me are poverty, and pain, and knowing that I don't want to end up being alone and I want to do something with my life and I want the name Dobson to remain in everyone's heads. Basically, just to rock and be the best performer I can be, and be true, and be real, and give people the real Fefe, nothing fake, all real.

I think the day that I become comfortable doing interviews and going on talk shows is the day that I don't know what it is to be a human being anymore.

In the process of telling the truth about what you feel or what you see, each of us has to get in touch with himself or herself in a really deep, serious way.

A lot of times when I'm writing lyrics, I just think about insecurities that I might have and turn them into a scene. Some things may be true, and some things may not.

Very seldom do we receive any support for trusting ourselves, listening to our own sense of inner truth, and expressing ourselves in a direct and honest way.

I've learnt a lot over the years, but I'm still quite outspoken. And no matter how much media training you put me through, I don't think I could be anything but.

Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself as he is?

Most of what we say about ourselves is a wonderful piece of storytelling.

I find that talking about myself is often the most boring thing in the world. Sixty per cent of interviews I find mechanical.

I say what I feel. I try to be tactful, but I can't not say what I feel. I have a really big problem with that.

There's a certain point, when you're writing autobiographical stuff, where you don't want to misrepresent yourself. It would be dishonest.

When you act, you're always playing a version of yourself. You can't bring more to the role than what you are.

I feel like my mission is to be honest with myself. My mission is to share my truth - share, not give. I think that's what an artist is supposed to do: I think they share.

Life is about, every single day, getting up to manifest your truth.

My career is based off of me talking about my emotions.

I think, like, in real life, I'm actually quiet, and I mumble a lot. But that's not very lucrative.

I don't think I'm going to ever be the guy that gives soundbite after soundbite. If somebody has a question, I'll answer it. But if they don't, I don't have anything to say, really.

I find it very boring to keep on talking about myself! Which is why I find giving interviews also very boring.

I want to portray myself as myself.

I've always considered myself a master in the art of real talk.

I am naturally prone to fun or to be funny, but when I talk about myself in interviews, then it's an intellectual exercise.

To give a good interview, I often found it's a bit like acting, except it's yourself, so you have to be yourself.

When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty.

Nobody who's really using his ego, his real ego, has any time for any goddam hobbies

It's a sick thing, right: people are afraid of public speaking. I do public speaking, except my public speaking involves the audience only having one type of emotion and one type of reaction. If they have anything other than laughter, it's a failure. That's an absurd thing for a human to try to seek. The main thing to realize is that whatever I say, it's my truth and I believe in it, and if I don't get a laugh off that, then it's not working.