Jim Morris Quotes

I love being gut-wrenchingly honest.

I try to just be as real and open as possible.

If you don't tell the whole truth about yourself, life is a ridiculous exercise.

Be true! Be true! Be true! Show freely to the world, if not your worst, yet some trait whereby the worst may be inferred!

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

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

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 generally like to be up front and honest and open because that's how I've always been. I have nothing to hide, and I think people relate to you more when you're just yourself.

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

The art of life is to show your hand.

Expressing truth is hard work.

As I found again and again as a writer, when you're completely honest about something, people respond to that.

I have always said what is in my heart.

It's just about being honest. I listen to a lot of stuff that's out there, some of which I wrote, and I'm like, 'Where is that? Where's the honesty?' So that's what I want to get to in my music now.

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

I am an honest person, and that includes showing my emotions - good or bad.

I'm committed to an honest expression, not necessarily a performance.

I strive for honesty because I think that's where the funniest stuff comes from.

I have no secrets. I decided very early on in life that the strongest position was to be completely open.

As for me, I've chosen to follow a simple course: Come clean. And wherever possible, live your life in a way that won't leave you tempted to lie. Failing that, I'd rather be disliked for who I truly am than loved for who I am not. So, I tell my story. I write it down. I even publish it. Sometimes this is a humbling experience. Sometimes it's embarrassing. But I haul around no terrible secrets.

I don't like to act in my personal life. I like to be straightforward.

I try and be truthful.

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

I'm more comfortable revealing myself than hiding behind metaphors. I respond to artists who reveal something of themselves.

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.