Selling out is doing something you don’t really want to do for money. That’s what selling out is.

I don’t believe in endorsing a product that you don’t want to endorse.

Songs are my diaries; they always have been. You have to put your trust in everyone because putting down those real, personal details and thoughts that make a song authentic also opens you right up. I am constantly misunderstood; a lot of people just don’t get me.

I always felt that if I was going to do a movie, I wanted it to be authentic.

Any man or institution that tries to rob me of my dignity will lose.

It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.

People make suggestions on what to say all the time. I’ll give you an example; I don’t read what’s handed to me. People say, ‚Here, here’s your speech, or here’s an idea for a speech.‘ They’re changed. Trust me.

I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the waking day to the making of money for money’s sake.

To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.

Let me define a leader. He must have vision and passion and not be afraid of any problem. Instead, he should know how to defeat it. Most importantly, he must work with integrity.

We are the only real aristocracy in the world: the aristocracy of money.

The reason we have poverty is that we have no imagination. There are a great many people accumulating what they think is vast wealth, but it’s only money… they don’t know how to enjoy it, because they have no imagination.

If you’re always under the pressure of real identity, I think that is somewhat of a burden.

I’m crazy and I don’t pretend to be anything else.

I’m just trying to be myself. I’m not trying to be anyone else.

I want people to understand they have to live their own lives the way they want to and not just do what we do.

If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.

Means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.

If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it.

I learned, when I look in the mirror and tell my story, that I should be myself and not peep whatever everybody is doing.

Money’s important. Everyone cares about money. And when you don’t have money, money becomes the overriding obsession of your life.

If I’m inspired to make a certain kind of song, I’m going to make that kind of song, no matter if it’s what they know me as or think I am.

I deserve respect for the things I did not do.

When you have nothing important or interesting to say, don’t let anyone persuade you to say it.

Some artists are working to buy the mansion or whatever the element of fame must bear, but I spend all my money on my show.

One must not cheat anyone, not even the world of its victory.

A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.

It’s like, remember who you always were, where you came from, who your parents were, how they raised you. Because that authentic self is going to follow you all through life, so make sure that it’s solid so it’s something that you can hold on and be proud of for the rest of your life.

I know where I’m going and I know the truth, and I don’t have to be what you want me to be. I’m free to be what I want.

I’m filthy rich!

A grown man should always carry cash, right? I don’t know who told me, but someone told me that a long time ago, and the biggest turnoff is when a guy doesn’t have cash on him.

We just seem to have lost all our morals and principles and values these days.

I’ve seen zero evidence of any nation on Earth other than Mexico even remotely having the slightest clue what Mexican food is about or even come close to reproducing it. It is perhaps the most misunderstood country and cuisine on Earth.

Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.

Money and investing can be complex, confusing, and often boring subjects.

It seems like when I was growing up there was more compromise, wanting to work with each other, and I think all of them – all of the lawmakers – have hearts to do what’s right, and they all are passionate about it.

Always be sincere, even if you don’t mean it.

I don’t see myself in terms of artifice. I see myself as a real person who chooses to live my life in an open way – artistically.

I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy.

There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one’s self on lies and fables.

I think carrying moral baggage is very dangerous for an artist. If you have a duty, it’s to be true and not cover up the cracks.

It’s a common misconception that money is every entrepreneur’s metric for success. It’s not, and nor should it be.

What people see on court is another side of me; it’s not me.

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.

My parents were the same in the pulpit as they were at home. I think that’s where a lot of preachers‘ kids get off base sometimes. Because they don’t see the same things at both places.

Why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me.

A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.

I change my mind a lot. I usually don’t agree with what I say very much. I’m an awful liar.

You can’t reverse fame. You can lose all the money, but you’ll never lose people knowing you.

Capitalism is using its money; we socialists throw it away.

The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.

One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals. And so when I hear about negative and false attacks, I really don’t invest any energy in them, because I know who I am.

This is not a showman’s job. I will not step out of character.

I believe that God’s dream is that we be successful in our careers, and that we be able to send our kids to college. I don’t mean that everyone is going to be rich, and I preach a lot on blooming where you’re planted. But I don’t have the mindset that money is a bad thing.

Old is authentic. Old is genuine. Old is valuable.

I don’t know that you can put a label on growth. I’m just me.

In my father’s generation, the product was 80 percent of what you were putting into the world, and your personal life was 20 percent. It now seems that 80 percent of the product I put out is silly, made-up stories and what I’m wearing.

My life is real.

The fact is that a man who wants to act virtuously in every way necessarily comes to grief among so many who are not virtuous.

Let us begin by committing ourselves to the truth to see it like it is, and tell it like it is, to find the truth, to speak the truth, and to live the truth.

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.