Authenticity

“When I released diss tracks, I didn’t do that for fame, but to tell my part of the story.”

“I admire anyone who has their own style.”

“I can never fake it. My heart has to be in everything I do.”

“美空ひばりには神様がいる。でも本名の、加藤和枝には神様がいないの”

“It’s better to feel the pain than to hide pain.”

“A story that only someone who went through it could be trusted to give.”

“In my language I always say mintirho yaTHOOKવulula (a person’s deeds speak louder than their words).”

“It is so easy to paint like your master & to think other people's thoughts, the difficulty is to be yourself.”

“المهم باختصار - أن تكون صادقا مع نفسك.. وصادقا مع فنك”

“All I can do is make the art and perform it with conviction.”

“The sound of the genuine is flowing through you.”

“Todo lo he hecho con mi voz.”

“His work ought not to be a dead imitation of things without the power to impress a sentiment, or enforce a truth.”

“I never sit down to write a “hit record.””

“Carnival is a time when you could become who you want to be. It’s very important, not only to Trinidadians, but to the world.”

“I'm giving myself the permission to be José, to be focusing on myself.”

“L’homme profond, c’est le vrai moi.”

“Cuando estoy en escena ni veo nada. Sólo pienso en la canción que interpreto y me hundo, me entrego, me olvido, vuelvo a vivir mis cosas.”