I'm not going to be somebody I'm not.
Everybody tries to be exactly the same. I think being an outsider is a good thing.
It's best to keep acting real.
If you're true to yourself, you just do what you do.
You can't try to be authentic. You either are or you aren't.
You are what you are, and I'd rather be myself than try and be what I'm not.
I think the worst thing a player can do is just not be yourself.
People say keeping it real is a hard thing to do. Keeping it real is easy. Being fake and being soft is hard to do.
I think as long as you're authentic, people will relate to that.
The greatest mistake is trying to be more agreeable than you can be.
I don't really try too hard to be anything that I'm not.
Never agree to say or do anything that isn't you.
I'm crap at pretending to be something I'm not when I'm in my real life.
I felt like I got more comfortable on 'Idol' when I just started being myself and not trying to be what I thought I had to be.
If you're authentic, people smile because they sense there's a piece of themselves there.
Authenticity can't be replicated or faked. You're either real or you're not.
I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.
You're betraying your whole life if you don't say what you think - and you don't say it honestly and bluntly.
You don't want to come in and be phony and be someone you're not.
At the outset, I think that one should be natural, not just when it comes to writing but in every area of life. If you try to be something that you are not just to impress others, then it's a rather sad life.
If you're doing what you think people might like, rather than doing what you like, people will see through it.
I've been in many bands and every time I try to be a character that's not me it has failed miserably.
You've got to be yourself, and if you're not, you're a phony. It comes shining through if you're not careful.
Ultimately, I think authenticity is always key, no matter what you do in life. It's also key to the branding side of things.
You should definitely stay true to your own style.
