Genuineness Quotes

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.

When in doubt, tell the truth. It will confound your enemies and astound your friends.

Class never tries to build itself up by tearing others down. Class is already up and need not strive to look better by making others look worse.

The difference between appreciation and flattery? That is simple. One is sincere and the other insincere. One comes from the heart out; the other from the teeth out. One is unselfish; the other selfish. One is universally admired; the other universally condemned.

Instead of sounding pretentious, phony, or repetitive, I'd rather not speak.

I'll never tell a lie. I'll never make a misleading statement.

I'm an introvert, but I disguise my introversion by being an extrovert. If I don't have to be around people, I'm not. If I'm around people, I'm gonna do my thing. But I'm not really with the fake kickin' it - everything's organic, everything's natural.

Scripts are corny and predictable. Real life is always better.

A lot of people play single to work some angle. I'm always about keeping it real. If that's how I'm living, that's how I'm living.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made.

Give me truth; cheat me by no illusion.

Truth is the highest virtue, but higher still is truthful living.

We're against hypocrisy, lies, bigotry, show business, insincerity, phonies, and fakers.

A good heart cannot lye

I like to be in the now, now. Sometimes musicians have to wait for me to be genuine with it. As an actor, I don't have that luxury. You have to make it legit when they say 'action.'

I don't like it when people are trying too hard. That goes for clothes, for acting, for everything. It's just not good when it seems like you're making too much of an effort.

There's a certain lack of gimmickry to what I do that makes people in England go: 'Where's the thing?'

I am just forthcoming - completely blunt and honest.

I like telling people the truth.

If something's true and sincere, it happens regardless of marketing. The more I talk about it, the more I'm telling people how they should react. And that is an asshole.

The most powerful, most insightful, and most important part of my music is honesty and inclusiveness with my fans - giving them as deep a story as I can give them.

If you're not sincere with it, you shouldn't say anything at all.

I Want The Truth

I would never play a character that wasn't true. It's not a moral thing; it's just that it's more convincing if it's a little bit like me.