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Speaking purely from a musical standpoint, I think I am a great performer.
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I don't like celebrities; I don't hang out with them; I don't relate to that life.
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You start to become successful, and everybody starts to drive your money train to the bank, and they're not thinking anymore about what you want as an artist or if any of that even matters to you. It genuinely upsets people in my life that I don't care about money, and that's not my problem.
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There really is no difference between the bully and the victim.
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It takes time to become myself every morning.
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Men weren't always happy for me. It was very challenging to watch a woman be so successful.
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I've had faith my whole life that there was someone looking out for me, a spirit guide, a soul guide.
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You have to be careful about how much you reveal to people that look up to you so much.
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There is spontaneity to my work.
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I'm confident in who I am. I've come to a place in my life where I've accepted things that are me, as opposed to feeling pressure to explain myself to people around me. That's just the way I've always tried to be. It didn't change when I became a star.
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All the awards in the world, you can get into all the nightclubs, they'll send you the nicest clothes. Nothing better than walking into your dad's restaurant and seeing a smile on his face and knowing that your mom and dad and your sister are real proud of you.
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If you only believe that you're an artist when you have a big advance in your pocket and a single coming out, I would say that's quite soulless. You have to have a sense of your own greatness and your own ability from a very deep place inside you. I am the one with the litmus test in my hands of what people need to hear next.
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I am not some goddess that dropped down from the sky to sing pop music; I am not some extra-incredible human person that needs to be told how wonderful they are all day and kissed.
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They say that this country is free, and they say that this country is equal, but it is not equal if it's 'sometimes'...We need change now. We demand actions now.
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I'm always on the market for a new friend, period. As your success continues to grow, you start to see who your real friends are. But I'm always looking for wonderful people to have in my life that have no agenda and aren't fake friends.
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I was always trying - I never wanted to let my fans down; I always wanted them to see me in my art form.
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I've been searching for ways to heal myself, and I've found that kindness is the best way.
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If you were to ask me what I want to do – I don't want to be a celebrity, I want to make a difference.
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I'm not as goal obsessed as I am process obsessed.
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I never intended for the Monster Ball to be a religious experience, it just became one.
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When I'm making music, I can hear all the parts, all the instruments. I can hear what it should be.
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I think what it really is, is that I date creative people. And I think that what intimidates them is not my purse; it's my mind.
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I write music every day.
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I think what made it difficult for people to get, and still makes it difficult for people to get, is the theatrical nature of the work and the fact that, my music doesn't exist without the performance-art element.