John Eldredge Quotes

I do not just write, I write what I am. If there is a secret, perhaps that is it.

You need to write about something that you really know about or you deeply connect with. Don't fake it.

If I can't be honest with music, forget it.

If I cannot be myself in what I write, then the whole is nothing but lies and humbug.

I am quite certain in my heart of hearts that modern music and modern art is not a conspiracy, but is a form of truth and integrity for those who practise it honestly, decently and with all their being.

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.

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

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.

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I have guesses enough of my own.

In a memoir, I think, the contract implies a certain degree of truth. I think you have to be as true to your memory and your experience as you possibly can.

You don't cheat anybody out of their experience, whatever it is.

I feel some kind of duty to be really, really honest as a writer. The same is true of my songwriting.

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.

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 the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it.

I feel like you can't really be truthful as an artist and empathize with the human experience unless you know your truth, and you're not living a lie.

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.

To be a musician, you have to be honest... to be honest... to be honest.

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

There should be no distinction between what we write down, and what we really know.

I write songs about my own experiences. You can't lie to yourself. You can't pose to yourself.

Most writers write from their own experiences. That is where the honesty and intensity of emotions come from.

I am human, and I am also honest.

All I know is real life. I don't know how to act. I don't know how to pretend.