Rajkumar Hirani Quotes

If I was going to pretend to be the supermom next door, it would've been counterfeit and a lie. I figured I had to write something out of a new place.

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.

People hear that and say I'm being modest, but I am not a modest person, but I have to be truthful about what I'm doing and what I'm doing is channeling.

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

I never reflect or convey that which I have not experienced myself.

I write about what I know.

Most of the songs I write are just very directly from my life. I don't have a big imagination. Whenever I tried to write from fantasy, it comes out sounding really fake.

A man is original when he speaks the truth that has always been known to all good men.

I don't write anything that I haven't lived. In terms of integrity, you have to write what you live. And if you write beyond what you live, it is theory. And theory is not helpful. It is just not.

It's so easy for me to do a boy-bashing pop song, but to sit down and write honestly about something that's really close to me, something I've been through, it's a totally different thing.

To be honest with my music... for me to expect anyone to connect it has to come from a place of honesty.

It is always easier to write from the heart and deal with things in the present.

I've always seen writing as a way of telling the truth. For me, writing is about truth. I have always tried to be faithful to my own experience.

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 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.

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

You can only really sing about what you know; at least, I can.

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

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

I love writing about things I know, and I like to be very honest in my music.

I have never been able to separate - nor have I wanted to - my personal love and desire for truth, passion, and understanding from my lyrics.

All my music is autobiographical, and that's the reason why people like my music. They know when I'm saying something on a song, I mean it. It comes from a real place and captures the realness in my life.

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

Write about what you know and care deeply about. When one puts one's self on paper - that is what is called good writing.

Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say.