Real Quotes

For me, singing was real life, not two plus two equals four.

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.

In public, I like real conservative clothes, something that's not too flashy. But onstage, I like 'em as flashy as you can get 'em.

A real friend or mentor isn't on your payroll.

Time is a mind construct. It's not real.

We were also told that the Russians could be parachuting from planes over our town at any time. These were the same Russians that my uncles had fought alongside only a few years earlier. Now they had become monsters who were coming to slit our throats and incinerate us. It seemed peculiar. Living under a cloud of fear like this robs a child of his spirit. It's one thing to be afraid when someone's holding a shotgun on you, but it's another thing to be afraid of something that's just not quite real.

I paint mostly from real life. It has to start with that. Real people, real street scenes, behind the curtain scenes, live models, paintings, photographs, staged setups, architecture, grids, graphic design. Whatever it takes to make it work.

I don't think I've ever been an agnostic. I've always thought there's a superior power, that this is not the real world and that there's a world to come.

Real life is a funny thing, you know. In real life saying the right thing at the right time is beyond crucial.

No one's better than me. I'm not better than anyone. Whether it's Eric Clapton or BB King we look straight at each other. And that keeps it real.

I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now?

The more real you get, the more unreal the world gets.

When real music comes to me - the music of the spheres, the music that surpasseth understanding - that has nothing to do with me, 'cause I'm just the channel. The only joy for me is for it to be given to me, and to transcribe it like a medium...those moments are what I live for.

Real charity is giving from the heart without taking credit.

Nothing's real, but all is possible if God is on my side.

I truly love my fans. Truly, truly from the heart. That's the real truth. I love them.

I still like to live in a whimsical world that seems more romantic and fantasy-related because real life seems so hard.

Real love still happens sometimes. It's not just something we make up when you're nine. I have to believe that. You do too.

My fans don't feel like I hold anything back from them. They know whatever I'm going through now, they'll hear about it on a record someday. They'll hear the real story. There's a little bit of lag time. It's not as instant as going on a gossip blog. But it's much more accurate.

Until they throw the money changers out of the temple of art, it will never be a real temple.