Jim Nantz Quotes

A lot of the work I've done has been about being very raw and open with your emotions.

Some people are uncomfortable saying what they feel.

The most confronting thing you can do is talk about your feelings and open yourself up.

Coming off 'Reflection,' what we really wanted to do was be more vulnerable.

I am an emotional guy. I try to be very honest.

I've never been an embarrassed, 'never talk about their feelings' sort of person.

When I put my first project out ages ago, I didn't want to show anyone my emotions. Now I think it's better for people to understand how I am as a person and let them relate.

I've been the type of guy, I've always been very forthcoming with how I feel. And that it doesn't make you less of a man to like go and be like, 'This is how I feel about you. This is the truth.'

To have a songwriter that wrote so specifically what I felt to be true... I've never been much of an actor either. If something is real for me, then I can do it.

Sometimes I feel like I used to be a person that liked to express himself a lot and put my feelings out there.

Nobody can tell you you're wrong for writing a song about how you feel - even if you don't really feel that way.

I seek to be authentic and engaging, using my own experiences, being as vulnerable as I ask my clients to be, to enhance the process.

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.

Vulnerability is the essence of romance. It's the art of being uncalculated, the willingness to look foolish, the courage to say, 'This is me, and I'm interested in you enough to show you my flaws with the hope that you may embrace me for all that I am but, more important, all that I am not.'

Playing is just about feeling. Playing isn't necessarily about misery. Playing isn't necessarily about happiness. But it's just about letting yourself feel all those things that you have already on the inside of you, but you're all the time trying to push them aside because they don't make for polite conversation or something.

I'm not always going to say things the perfect way, the right way. But I'm going to say how I feel.

I tend to find you have to be fairly vulnerable to get something... to get a perspective worth having. Which can be controversial. But I find telling someone what you're thinking about, what you want, and what you're afraid of can often help them give guidance.

It's such a release to show yourself as not a charming person but just someone who is vulnerable.

I just write about how I'm feeling at the time. If I feel like being cheeky and a bit straight up and a bit aggressive, you'll hear that in my music. If I feel like being very vulnerable and opening up about something personal, you'll hear that, too.

Comedy has so much to do with honesty, and women can be more open about their emotions.

Seeing guys in their most vulnerable state talking about their bodies gives me an opportunity to talk about everything. Once they open up about their appearance, then usually they are willing to open up about pretty much everything.

I can admit and say that I have feelings.

I felt the need to be more open and expressive of my feelings, not just about the hills and the countryside, but about the daily life.

Being vulnerable is the hardest thing for so many people, including myself, but it's also the most satisfying thing.

I try as hard as I can to write from a personal place and be genuine.