Charlie Haden Quotes

Life is short. People are not easy to know. They're not easy to know, so if you don't tell them how you feel, you're not going to get anywhere, I feel.

I like, though, that people have a hunger to connect with other people. They're desperate to know that you're not lying to them or misleading them.

It's never what you say, but how you make it sound sincere.

People come to the theatre in search of a real encounter with other human beings, and we must give them what they come for. Our capacity to do that is the measure of being human. And if the price is that we sometimes say something not very pleasant - well, that's precisely why people want us, in the end: because we speak the truth.

What is the thing you want most from me? What can I do to make you love me?' Be yourself,' said Ipek.

Art is about trying to find the good in people, and making the world a more compassionate place.

Nina Simone's music is incredibly honest. That's like saying, "Why does Jesus' word still stay around?" It's incredibly honest and it's good.

In a letter (no matter how quickly it is written or honestly or freely or lovingly) it is more possible to be loving and lovable, more possible to reach out and to take in ... I feel I have somehow deceived you into thinking this is really a human relationship. It is a letter relationship between humans.

I am honest; I try to be truthful. I like people and wish us well. We are not always deserving of our own best wishes.

Music is the one thing in which there is no use trying to deceive others or make false pretenses.

I'd like to be remembered as a guy who tried - who tried to be part of his times, tried to help people communicate with one another, tried to find some decency in his own life, tried to extend himself as a human being. Someone who isn't complacent, who doesn't cop out.

Not compromising the music, but there is a way, by just showing the people that you're sincere and honest with what you're doing, and by talking to them.

Songs are a way to express what I have felt. A way to understand what happened to me or to other people.

I think, people look at me, and they say, 'You were very aggressive,' I say, 'Yeah,' you know, and I've made a better life for myself, for my son, so I should reflect that with my music now. I shouldn't still be rhyming like that; that would be me lying.

You write who you are somehow. Even if you try to not to. You can't help but write who you are. I'm just not a very cynical person. I believe in the humanity of people, whether it is just the guys in 'The Full Monty' or Aron Ralston.

What I would not like is to be ignored. I write from the heart. I don't write for me. I write for my readers.

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and say it hot.

I'm certainly honest - and I can be socially awkward.

I would rather people take me as straightforward and not have to wonder if I'm kidding or not. Because what I have to say, and what I'm interested in doing and communicating, is worthwhile enough that I don't want to muck it up with people being confused about where I'm really coming from.

I've always been a direct guy.

I think Raymond is very honest about human relationships.

When I run into a person or a kid that comes up and gives me the spiel about, 'Hey, I got your record at this time in my life, and it really helped me,' that stuff totally still rings true. If you're standing there talking to someone, it's really easy to tell if they're being authentic or not. And that's great.

Be honest with yourself and the way you act when you hear music. That way, when people watch, they'll see something from your heart and soul, and as a result will communicate your feeling and thought much better.

How I set myself apart is by creating the sort of real and honest music, which is who I'm also trying to be.

Bobby Womack is always very real, both with his music and as a person.