Ryan Gosling Quotes

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.

Don't ever write just for a trend or fad, because it's a moving target, and by the time you get your work out there, the trend or fad is gone. Dig deep; don't be afraid to write fiercely. Expose your heart.

For me, there's no point in being an artist and putting yourself out there if you're not going to really put yourself out there.

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

When you eliminate vanity from an art form, and I would think that this would be any art form, what is left is an opportunity to be incredibly naked and truthful.

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 decided at 15 that I didn't want to be one of those artists that gets up and sings love songs they don't mean. I decided that I was going to be me to the fullest extent, that my songs were going to reflect relationships I've had, things I've been through, and even the stuff I'm embarrassed about.

The only honest and generous thing for me to do is to give people myself. That's all I've got as an artist, so I want to do that in an unflinching way.

I think the success of my work stems from being truthful.

My interviewing style and my approach to things is that, yes, it's okay to be sincere; it's okay to be yourself; it's okay to be real.

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.

Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish.

I've learned not to hide behind a veil of irony - to talk about my work in a more honest way.

I think my favorite artists are honest artists, and as a songwriter, that's what you have to do. You have to be willing to put yourself out there in a really vulnerable way.

I think the most important thing is to be yourself and be genuine and don't try to tell anybody else's story but your own. And if it comes from a genuine place, I think people can tell, and if it doesn't, I think people can tell, and I think that eventually it shows.

All of my music is honest.

The most personal thing about me is my music. The most honest, pure thing in my whole life.

If you write, write about what you do and who you are, and you can't be wrong. Don't lie about anything. You are very similar to everybody else in the world. You love, you hate, you have friends, you have enemies. Be who you are.

I think I'm genuinely sincere, and that's what hopefully makes it work. I take that very seriously when I'm writing.

I think the key for any kind of artist - and this transcends music - is a certain degree of authenticity and sincerity.

When you write, you don't really think of how honest you are being - it's only when you record that you understand how much of yourself you're giving.

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

To make music that means something, you kind of have to drop the cool. You have to be prepared and willing to be uncool.

I'm a songwriter; it's in my nature to express things openly.

I realised that you have to be honest. When you're being open, that's when people connect with you. You just have to be yourself.