--- title: "8 Honest Write Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 8 Honest Write quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Honest Write sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/725/max-bemis-32228_ambition_cut-the-crap-just-don-t-try-to-be-anythi_91321.jpg" --- > [Cut the crap. Just don't try to be anything that you aren't, have ambition but when it comes to lyrics especially just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-bemis/cut-the-crap-just-don-t-try-to-be-anything-that-you-aren-t-have/) [Max Bemis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-bemis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/725/max-bemis-32228_ambition_cut-the-crap-just-don-t-try-to-be-anythi_91321.jpg) > [There are certainly a lot of people - and I won't name names - who are getting by simply on expression. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jakob-dylan/there-are-certainly-a-lot-of-people-and-i-won-t-name-names-who-are/) [Jakob Dylan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jakob-dylan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/baa/jakob-dylan-11605_grind_there-are-certainly-a-lot-of-people-and_337864.jpg) > [We write about everything; we are very honest when we write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/perrie-edwards/we-write-about-everything-we-are-very-honest-when-we-write/) [Perrie Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/perrie-edwards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a58/perrie-edwards-4236_about_we-write-about-everything-we-are-very-ho_1051477.jpg) > [I don't really see how any song can not feel contrived if it isn't honest, and how could I write honest songs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lily-allen/i-don-t-really-see-how-any-song-can-not-feel-contrived-if-it-isn-t/) [Lily Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lily-allen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/334/lily-allen-4074_can-not_i-don-t-really-see-how-any-song-can-not_1197463.jpg) > [Songs are not better just because they're emotionally honest. To write a song well, you have to put some work into it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jakob-dylan/songs-are-not-better-just-because-they-re-emotionally-honest-to-write/) [Jakob Dylan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jakob-dylan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dc/jakob-dylan-11605_because_songs-are-not-better-just-because-they-r_1254915.jpg) > [With songs, I've always pledged to be honest. I write my songs because I've lived them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katy-perry/with-songs-i-ve-always-pledged-to-be-honest-i-write-my-songs-because/) [Katy Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katy-perry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12a/katy-perry-760_being-honest_with-songs-i-ve-always-pledged-to-be-hon_1690603.jpg) > [I write because I love to. I'm very, very fortunate to have found something that I love doing that also earns my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-paul-curtis/i-write-because-i-love-to-i-m-very-very-fortunate-to-have-found/) [Christopher Paul Curtis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-paul-curtis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b7/christopher-paul-curtis-16040_being-honest_i-write-because-i-love-to-i-m-very-very_1709773.jpg) > [“To be honest, I write for myself. Therapy, I suppose people would call it. So when someone buys and reads one of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-black/to-be-honest-i-write-for-myself-therapy-i-suppose-people-would-call/) [Robert Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-black/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5e/robert-black-15309_mental-health_to-be-honest-i-write-for-myself-therapy_3085400.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/honest-write/#itemlist", "name": "Honest Write Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Cut the crap. 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