Art is life, life is art – the question is what came first?
My talent matters more to me than the money does.
I don’t want to sound presumptuous, but I’ve made it my goal to revolutionize pop music. The last revolution was launched by Madonna 25 years ago.
I’m not a vomit in the club kinda girl.
I would stare into the bright lights and imagine I could do anything. Be anything. And I would tell myself it would be me up there one day.
I don’t feel like I look like the other perfect little pop singers. I think I’m changing what people think is sexy.
My grandmother is basically blind, but she can make out the lighter parts, like my skin and hair. She says, ‘I can see you, because you have no pants on.’ So I’ll continue to wear no pants so that my grandma can see me.
I’m terrified of therapy because I don’t want it to mess with my creativity.
I can’t even drive a car. I don’t have a driver’s license. I have a rented apartment in New York. That’s it. When I travel, I have almost all of my possessions with me. That’s how little I own.
I don’t need to be on top to know I’m worth it.
I’m supposed to be, I am an artist. Yes, I’m lonely. But I’m married to my loneliness.
I’m terrified of babies I think, creatively as a woman, you change once you give birth. I’m totally not ready for that.
Some people are just born stars – you either have it or you haven’t, and I was definitely born one.
I’m very free-spirited.
Stand up for those who cannot stand up for themselves; it’s your responsibility.
I’m single right now and I’ve chosen to be single because I don’t have the time to get to know anybody. So it’s okay not to have sex, it’s okay to get to know people. I’m celibate. Celibacy’s fine.
They’re not prosthetics. They’re my bones. They come out when I’m inspired. They’ve always been inside of me, but I have been waiting for the right time to reveal to the universe who I truly am.
I think that artifice is the new reality. It’s more about just being honest and sincere to the core of what you do. Whether I’m wearing lots of makeup or no makeup, I’m always the same person inside.
I’m from New York. I will kill to get what I need.
Applause was designed to bemuse and confuse you until it explodes into a chorus that reminds us why we love pop music.