Robert Lepage Quotes

Language is a finding place, not a hiding place.

I think with being so honest and real with not just the guys I was having relationships with but with America, I have a lot to give, so I'm excited to be able to use my platform to continue talking to people about these topics that I had to deal with on national television.

You don't always have to have the most amazing story. It's learning to share the story you have that counts.

Being yourself, or being judged as yourself, is really scary.

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.

I'm very forthcoming, I'm really expressive.

I don't talk in front of people.

I don't want to bore people with things that don't matter to them. I want to share parts of my life that are universally true with other people.

It means so much to be able to share myself with the world.

If you only share your best pictures, or your Facetuned self, the thought of people seeing you as you truly are can be scary.

If you're on the fence about speaking your truth or sharing your world with a greater audience, don't be. We need each other badly.

I always made my songs very conversational, and if anyone ever has a conversation with me, they know I'm a very open guy, very open and honest.

People are trying to find an outlet to tell their truth.

I like men who straightforwardly express their emotions.

Being able to express yourself is one of the hardest things in the world.

I really tell a lot of stories. I want people to know who I am.

'True Romance' was definitely, in part, still me finding my voice as a writer. I was nervous, and I was a lot more shy. The album sounds bruised.

I think sometimes it's only by talking about what's really going on that you can make it less scary.

Sometimes when you speak what's on your mind - I'm talking everything on your mind, and - people can get a misconception of you.

Where you are tender, you speak your plural.

I'm not hiding from anyone. I am who I am, and I'm not perfect.

I think we can learn a lot about a person in the very moment that language fails them. In the very moment they they have to be more creative than they would have imagined in order to communicate. It's the very moment that they have to dig deeper than the surface to find words, and at the same time, it's a moment when they want to communicate very badly. They're digging deep and projecting out at the same time.

Yet, every time God's children have thrown away fear in pursuit of honesty-trying to communicate themselves, understood or not, miracles have happened.

I've always been shy, but every time that I sing or I perform, when music comes out of me, it is the only thing I can relate to, it's the only thing I can give.

If you emote in your performances, people feel connected to you as an emotional person, because that's how we communicate. That doesn't mean people know you. At a certain point, I think you have to just be your own self.