Christopher Isherwood Quotes

Authenticity is very important - be true to one's self.

I would never agree to sing something I didn't feel was 100% me.

I've always been Carlos Vela - sincere, original and true to myself.

Life would be so much harder if I had to lie about who I was.

Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish.

I want people to see an honesty within me. I'm not trying to be the next Sam Cooke or Otis Redding.

I always try to be true to who I am and just be myself.

I think my very best piece of advice is be yourself.

I don't try to be somebody I'm not.

I am who I am. I don't try to be something I'm not.

I been me from day one, I'm not 'bout to start acting different, talking different, treating people different, or looking different.

I know who I am, and I know my story, and the things that I talk about are authentic and real, and I always say this: I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I'm not.

(M)aybe we too busy being flowers or fairies or strawberries instead of something honest and worthy of respect . . . you know . . . like being people.

I'm me. I can't put on airs. I'm not a phony. I know the way I am hurts me more times than it helps. But somehow it's all tied up with my integrity, and my integrity is the last thing I'm going to let you take from me.

Being popular isn't everything; being true to yourself is!

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

I've had. It's the real me. People don't deserve anything less.

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.

You have to keep a strong sense of who you really are - and I have a pretty strong sense of myself. It gets me in trouble when I say this, but I don't think of myself as a politician. I've always tried to be honest when communicating with people.

I wanted to say things that were natural coming from me.

Being yourself is one of the greatest things you can possibly do. Being true to yourself.

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

I think the most important thing is to be yourself and be genuine and don't try to tell anybody else's story but your own. And if it comes from a genuine place, I think people can tell, and if it doesn't, I think people can tell, and I think that eventually it shows.

I think there's so much honor and integrity and beauty in being able to be who you are.

I think I'm genuinely sincere, and that's what hopefully makes it work. I take that very seriously when I'm writing.