Lorraine Toussaint Quotes

Please understand that I make music to express myself, and if you know anything about me, you know that I'm nothing but honest.

I always write what feels really true and honest and me.

From a place of truth, I think artists or actors have to be real with what they're doing.

If you're going to be transparent, you're going to have to let the music come that wants to come.

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 personally have a philosophy around authenticity and vulnerability.

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.

The art of life is to show your hand.

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.

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 feel as though there are things that I'm trying to do - you know, capturing truthfully some aspect of human experience - and I'm trying really hard not to be fake. And in writing, as in life, it's harder than you think.

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

There's the dual challenge of wanting to speak from an authentic place, and then being able to be honest about it. Even in the most mannered art, I think that's what people value, is a voice that comes from a real place.

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

What's the point of a song if you can't be honest?

Anything I've ever said, I certainly was feeling at the time.

The best strips are the most honest. That's just the truth of it.

I'd rather tell you how I really feel.

I think you have to be yourself, and you have to be real and you have to admit what you don't know, and talk about what you do know, and talk about what you don't know as long as you say you don't know it.

I'm not afraid to be bluntly honest in my songs, even if it means I'm discovering things about myself that I'd rather not.

Write books only if you are going to say in them the things you would never dare confide to anyone.

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

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.

Art is about expressing the true nature of the human spirit in whatever way one wishes to express it. If it is honest, it is beautiful. If it is not honest, it is obvious.