"I dropped out of NYU, moved out of my parent's house, got my own place, and survived on my own. I made music and worked my way from the bottom up."
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"You have to fail and then get better. Then you have to fail again, and then get even better."
"People that are obsessed with hating you, feel flattered. Their whole lives revolve around you."
"The reason I don't want anyone to control me is not because I want to be in control. I don't want anyone to control me because I don't want anyone to control anyone."
"To everyone who says this is wrong to feel like this say, 'I was born this way baby."
"If you dont have any shadows you're not in the light"
"At the end of the day, you won't be happy until you love yourself."
"Never be afraid to dream."
"Acceptance, tolerance, bravery, compassion. These are the things my mom taught me!"
"I am a feminist. I reject wholeheartedly the way we are taught to perceive women. The beauty of women, how a woman should act or behave. Women are strong and fragile. Women are beautiful and ugly. We are soft-spoken and loud, all at once. There is something mind-controlling about the way we're taught to view women."
"Some women choose to follow men, and some women choose to follow their dreams. If you're wondering which way to go, remember that your career will never wake up and tell you that it doesn't love you anymore."
"Peace. it does not mean to be in a place where there is no trouble, noise, or hard work. it means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart"
"Music changed my life. I don't know who I would be without it. Don't ignore even the smallest glimmer of passion in your soul, run towards it with everything you have. It could change your life."
"Bare your struggles very close to your heart and have them be a part of you that you’re proud of instead of something that you’re ashamed of."
"Being gay is like glitter, it never goes away."
"I see love in black and white. Passion in shades of “gris”. But when it comes to you and I, color is all I see."
"Don't be a drag. Just be a queen."
"Love is like a brick. You can build a house, or you can sink a dead body."
"I love Dolce & Gabbana. I love Versace. I love the crazy, more eccentric stuff."
"A girl’s got to use what she’s given and I’m not going to make a guy drool the way a Britney video does. So I take it to extremes. I don’t say I dress sexily on stage - what I do is so extreme. It’s meant to make guys think: ‘I don’t know if this is sexy or just weird."