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More education for women. More jobs for women. More equal opportunities for women. More women to be taken seriously. And I think more than anything we wish to be heard and not to be shut down. I think this is a good thing to think about for any community; what is important is that our voices be heard and not swallowed in an abyss of history.
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When I heard 'Jesus, Take the Wheel,' I was like, OK. Some people look at it as a song written for an American Idol, Carrie Underwood, who is wonderful. But when you're a songwriter listening to a song, you hear something else. I heard that song, and wow.
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I'm an inventor.
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Applause was designed to bemuse and confuse you until it explodes into a chorus that reminds us why we love pop music.
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I don't know that you can put a label on growth. I'm just me.
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At the end of the day, who I really and truly am is a little girl who loved to play the piano.
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God bless pop music and God bless MTV.
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I try to not focus on what people expect from me.
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Fame for me is not external, it’s internal. So I’ve been famous for a long time.
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I don't want to see Bowie in a tracksuit. He never let anyone see him that way. The outlet for my work is not just the music and the videos, it's every breathing moment of my life. I'm always saying something about art and music and fame. That's why you don't ever catch me in sweatpants.
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I want to - more than anything - to create a moment that people will never forget. Not for me, but for themselves. That's what I remember about great Super Bowl performances in the past, when you really get lost in the moment with your family.
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People think I'm unusual but it's just that we haven't had anyone like this since the Seventies.
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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
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When I say to you, there is nobody like me, and there never was, that is a statement I want every woman to feel and make about themselves.
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I don't view interviewing as much of a performance. My whole life is in essence a performance but singing and dancing for television is an entirely different thing.
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And don't worry, if I get thrown in jail in Manila, Beyonce will just bail me out. Sold out night 2 in the Philippines. I love it here!
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Making your dad happy is - especially for an Italian Catholic girl, I'll tell you - it feels really good.
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I've gone bankrupt about four times now. Every dollar I earn goes on the show.
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I find it so important now to be a role model and a figure. And I know that may sound strange to some people, but most important is my connection with my fans and the connection that they breed with one another.
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A middle finger is more New York than a corporate ambush. I bleed for my hometown, and I'd die for my fans.
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So there's nothing more provocative than taking a genre that everybody who's cool hates - and then making it cool.
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I work very hard, but when God opens that door for you - when life opens that door for you, I should say - I think it's important to be giving, to return the love back.
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People ask me why I wear veils. I reply, I am mourning. Mourning what? Well I figure something shitty must be going on somewhere.
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When you make music or write or create, it's really your job to have mind-blowing, irresponsible, condomless sex with whatever idea it is you're writing about at the time.