#topic: honesty

[tayfabe75]

"All of my flaws and all the things that make me up are part of who I am. It’s about honesty and everything that encompasses: fragility, neuroses, getting it wrong. I stand for being an ambassador of that kind of honesty."

February 26, 2016: Matty talks about the importance of honesty in his art. (source)

[tayfabe75]

At the heart of her poems and songs is the truth, she says, which she believes is why people are able to connect to her lyrics so much — paving the way for artists like Taylor Swift. "I never don't tell the truth. And I think that's something that if Taylor Swift, who is my friend, if Taylor got anything from me, that's what she got. I don't ever lie in my songs — if you broke up with me, I don't put I broke up with you. I tell the truth, always," Nicks says. "And that, I think, is a really good place to start as a writer, and I think that's maybe why my songs connect with people — is because I'm telling them their own story. Everything that happens to me, basically happens to everybody else, in just different ways, different forms, but nevertheless, it's the same premise," Nicks continues. "You know, you fall in love. Somebody breaks up with you. Your heart is broken. You break up with them, their heart is broken. You feel bad because you broke up with them and their heart is broken and vice versa. And that's really the Shakespearean tragedy of most love songs. And then of course your mom says, 'You'll get through it, you always do.' And you do."

October 2, 2023: Stevie Nicks sheds a little light on how her honest songwriting might've inspired artists like Taylor Swift. (source)

[quest-for-eunoia]

March 07. 2020.

I think that I am an honest person. I think that I care about the feelings of my friends and those around me. I am trying to learn how to balance these two things. I want to be authentic to myself by not shoving down my thoughts and feelings anymore. But it seems so difficult when the truth, no matter how delicately put, will cause someone I care about to feel negatively. Then I will feel bad, and any positivity felt by being true and honest will be gone. However, I think it is a better alternative than building resentment or lying. I am also considering that maybe I shouldn’t feel bad about it. If I speak my truth in a kind way, maybe that is all I can do. Their insecurities are their own to deal with, and not something I would be trying to protect them from. I don’ t like to walk on eggshells, I just want to figure out how to not feel too badly about breaking them.