Timothy Noah Quotes

I have always said what is in my heart.

I feel like my secret magic trick that separates me from a lot of my peers is the bravery to be vulnerable and truthful and honest.

The art of life is to show your hand.

People ask me about past projects I've worked on, and other things; I'm just really bad at lying. I have a bad poker face, so I just try to tell people how I'm feeling in the moment and really what I was trying to do.

I have always expressed my opinion fearlessly. To not express the truth is far more frightening.

I think that people respond to honesty in music, so I only choose songs that are the truth for me.

I'd rather tell you how I really feel.

If you're gonna tell your life story, you gotta be honest, or don't do it.

Let us speak, though we show all our faults and weaknesses, - for it is a sign of strength to be weak, to know it, and out with it - not in a set way and ostentatiously, though, but incidentally and without premeditation.

When you lay your life out there, you want it to be as true as possible.

Dare to be honest and fear no labor.

I need to tell the world what I'm about, my nature, because not doing so would be teaching my children how to lie. I didn't want it to be.

The more horrible the truth that you admit, the better you connect. You have to tell the truth.

I'm giving all that I have in this life. I'm opening up my notebook, and I'm saying everything in there out loud.

I love being gut-wrenchingly honest.

The thing that I've decided is, I don't want to be invisible, but I'd like to be transparent. I want people to see what I'm thinking and see through me.

People think you're vulnerable when you tell the truth, but it's never hurt me.

I think what's captivating about me on the microphone is my honesty.

Don't hide your truth.

Tell the truth about who you are, what you feel, what you want, what you're up to. Tell the truth about that first to yourself and then to anybody else that'll listen.

I try and be truthful.

I think the currency of leadership is transparency. You've got to be truthful. I don't think you should be vulnerable every day, but there are moments where you've got to share your soul and conscience with people and show them who you are, and not be afraid of it.

You can film me 24 hours a day and you'll get a very accurate picture of who I am. You see the funny side, I work hard, and I try to be honest and just call it how it is.

What's the point of a song if you can't be honest?

I'm more comfortable revealing myself than hiding behind metaphors. I respond to artists who reveal something of themselves.