W. H. Auden Quotes

Authenticity can't be replicated or faked. You're either real or you're not.

I think authenticity is the name of the game.

There's nothing I despise more than people trying to be something that they're not.

I'm not going to pretend to be anything I'm not.

If you ask me what people want from me, they would probably just want me to be true to what I'm doing.

I never want to fake it. That's my whole thing.

I try not to fake anything.

I think that people in general appreciate honesty and not trying to cook something up just to fit a mold that would be beneficial for you. I never made music like that.

I'm not an actor. Lord knows, I'd be acting if I were an actor. What you see is what you get.

I can't be someone that I'm not. And people can spot when someone's being fake, when somebody's not being real, when somebody's sugar-coating stuff. People don't like that.

Artists can be themselves. They don't have to pretend to be somebody they're not.

Authenticity means erasing the gap between what you firmly believe inside and what you reveal to the outside world.

I'm not one of those people who has an act.

I think it's always best to be who you are.

I think, to me, reality is better than being fake.

It's a waste of time for people to say things they think other people want to hear, or try and come off in a certain way. I try to be as honest as I can.

I'm not hiding who I am anymore - not pretending I'm something I'm not.

I want to be myself. I want to be as authentic as possible.

Don't worry about what's cool and what's not cool. Authenticity is what's cool.

I don't try to be likeable. The worst thing people do is present versions of themselves to the world that aren't real.

The one thing I've always tried to do in my life, in my work, on TV, is I just keep it real. I find it hard and time-consuming to try to be fake.

I don't like putting on airs; that's not my thing. I'd rather just be myself, just connecting to people genuinely.

I don't know if anyone should do anything that's not authentic to them.

I like to show that I'm real.

Honestly, you cannot go wrong with being yourself.