One of the things I did when I discovered this huge importance of being vulnerable is very happily moved away from the shame research, because that's such a downer, and people hate that topic. It's not that vulnerability is the upside, but it's better than shame, I guess.
I can't put on a facade every time I go out.
I've accepted now that it's okay not to be okay. It is okay to be upset, and it is okay to need to talk to someone.
I know you're supposed to be thick-skinned in this business, but I'm not. I kind of like to hang on to being vulnerable.
Being offended is part of being in the real world.
I like to show that I'm real.
I've learnt there's nothing you can't do. I danced, for instance. I am not as reserved as I used to be. I've been on the reserved side since I was growing up perhaps because I was an only child, but that changed. I am way more confident. I'm more expressive and vocal.
I am not very good at putting on a front.
In relations with people, as in art, if you always stick to style, manners, and what will work, and you're never caught off guard, then some beautiful experiences never happen.
Oh, I'm full of fear. I care about things; therefore, I have fears. I like to think that I'm brave, which is different. Brave means you're able to admit that you care. If you care, you are vulnerable.
I'm a goofball, and I have this huge personality, and I used to try to hide that. I used to try to kind of dim my light.
Initially, I felt like my duty was to just keep it positive and be positive and sometimes I crack in that. We're human. I'm imperfect at times and that was just me being imperfect at that one point.
My hat's in the ring. The fight is on and I'm stripped to the buff.
If I hold back, I'm no good. I'm no good. I'd rather be good sometimes, than holding back all the time.
In 'Bigg Boss,' there were so many things that I didn't say and as a result, people thought I was a fake. I have not let it happen in 'Survivor.'
Sometimes people are vulnerable. And that's fine.
Don't be afraid of being emotional. You won't die of it.
It takes a real man to make a true confession - a Chocolate Soldier will excuse or cloak his sin.
The early bird gets the worm. The early worm... gets eaten.
What you bring to the stage is what you are in real life... people sense that.
That's part of the reason I called the album 'Shoot From The Hip.' I did feel it was time to open up more.
The worst thing to me would be that you put on the face you think people want to see, and then they don't like it and you think, Would they have liked the real me?
