Mike McCready Quotes

I don't really put my name to anything that I don't love and believe in, because there's no point.

People will support somebody who they think believes what he says and stands for.

I think honesty is an important thing when writing a song. If you can't sing it with conviction, then no-one else is going to believe it.

I try to be careful with my persuasiveness. When my heart is really behind it, and when I have no ulterior motive, then I know I'm truly persuasive.

It only takes a politician believing in what he says for the others to stop believing him.

There's nothing harder than going on TV and saying something that you don't believe. I don't do that anymore.

I like performers who I know are for real. You can tell, man, there's an intensity about their stuff. You can tell right away they're real people, ya know?

Music is just kind of an expression of who I am. It's what I do.

Somehow you can tell the difference when a song is written just to get on the radio and when what someone does is their whole life. That comes through in Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Willie Nelson. There is no separating their life from their music.

It is unfortunate, considering that enthusiasm moves the world, that so few enthusiasts can be trusted to speak the truth.

Sincerity and competence is a strong combination. In politics, it is everything.

Neil Young is the prime example, the grand goal, if you will. He's still shredding, and he never lost his credibility.

I hope that what it comes down to at the end of the day is that people believe that I believe what I'm singing. It comes down to being believable. You don't have to be likeable; generally, though, I think I am.

My family has been around campaigns for a long time. It's something you really have to be sure that you alone want to do. Because if not, if you don't want to do it, that will just blow through the surface at some point, and people can tell. And when people can tell, it's all over.

I can't write what I don't believe in.

One of the worst things you can give to your people is someone you're not.

Whatever else has been said about me personally is unimportant. When I sing, I believe. I'm honest.

You know, I think what the American people want more than anything else right now is someone who's just going to look them in the eye and tell them the truth, even some truths that they don't like. And - but they have to believe the person's speaking from their heart and are authentic.

The best sermon is preached by the minister who has a sermon to preach and not by the man who has to preach a sermon.

Authenticity is the alignment of head, mouth, heart, and feet - thinking, saying, feeling, and doing the same thing - consistently. This builds trust, and followers love leaders they can trust.

The authenticity thing has never been an issue for me.

I was telling the truth. I feel like we got that point across.

People's passion and desire for authenticity is strong.

I suppose my best attribute, if you want to call it that, is sincerity. I can sell sincerity because that's the way I am.

I am just a common man who is true to his beliefs.