Quotes about Authenticity

You always think that 70 is the end of the road: 'Somebody died when they were 73; good life'. You're closer to death, and you better make sure you don't waste too much of your time doing things you don't want to do. No point in saying things you don't believe in.

You cannot underestimate people's ability to spot a soulless, bureaucratic tactic a million miles away. It's a big reason why so many companies that have dipped a toe in social media waters have failed miserably.

Live-tweeting your bikini wax is not vulnerability. Nor is posting a blow-by-blow of your divorce . That's an attempt to hot-wire connection. But you can't cheat real connection. It's built up slowly. It's about trust and time.

I dress the way I want. I don't pretend to be someone I'm not.

Spiritual people don't float around all day on clouds of glory; they live in the real world and deal with real issues in real ways.

My greatest platform is not with all my degrees, everything else, it's not all my books, everything. It's that I'm known as a man who loves his wife and spends time with his children. That opens more; I speak as a daddy.

Doesn't matter what people say, doesn't matter what they are going to say about you. You gotta go out there and play your game.

You have to understand that your music isn't for everybody; your job isn't to please everybody.

I'm not one of those politicians, to my probably discredit, who thinks very far ahead. It has to feel right to me and not be about a careful plot and plan.

As a public poet, people often don't see the reality of my life.

It's one thing to talk the talk; it's another thing to walk after getting whacked with a coconut.

I take my music very serious. I don't call myself a comedian.