Kesha quotes: reflections by K-Money.
“We are what we are.”
“Be yourself. Unapologetically.”
“You can’t be a victim. You have to be a warrior.”
“You have to have a sense of humor about life to get through it.”
“I am a walking testament to anyone out there that with honesty and self-love, you can feel whole again. No matter what you have been through, even if things feel unfair and hurt your soul, it does not have to define who you are. You can be the person you want to be today.”
“I’ve realized it’s okay to have boundaries, to have an opinion and to know what you want. And it doesn’t make you a b*tch.”
“It’s from our darkest moments that we gain the most strength. No matter how bad it seems now, you can get through it.”
“If you have love and truth on your side, you will never be defeated. Don’t give up on yourself.”
“Who cares what somebody else thinks?”
“I spent a lot of my career and life thinking the way to protect myself was to be strong: ‘I don’t give a f*ck, you can’t hurt me.'”
“I believe in karma, and I believe if you put out positive vibes to everybody, that’s all you’re going to get back.”
“Treat people with respect.”
“I think people should give in to what they feel like doing at the time.”
“Remember that today is just one day and tomorrow is a new day. What seems or feels so dramatic at this moment may not seem like anything tomorrow. Smile.”
“Don’t let anyone steal your happiness.”
“Give the haters the finger and be yourself.”
“Everything goes up and down, and I think it probably will for the rest of your life. So you ride the highs.”
“I’m just honest about the things I believe in.”
“I know that I can sing. That’s the reason I started playing music when I was 12 years old.”
“I write about stuff that happens to me, so I try to live as interesting a life as possible.”
“I’m writing constantly about all my crazy experiences across the world, so I have a lot of music I’ve already written. I write about what I’m going through.”
“My mother taught me how to write. When I was younger, she was always, like, ‘Don’t write fake stuff. People can tell if it’s not real.’ I’ve stuck to that the whole way through.”
“Everything I write is based on something I’ve personally experienced, or things that my friends have experienced that I just find horribly entertaining.”
“I feel like I’ve gone through some things that have felt like a storm in my life. This was my way of telling myself that I was going to make it through – I made the decision to take the dollar sign out of my name. I did away with my cynical, self-deprecating ‘I don’t give a f*ck’ attitude and the matching Twitter name: @keshasuxx. I let myself be 100% genuine, vulnerable, and honest in my music.”
“Writing for somebody else is really fun ’cause I consider myself a songwriter first and foremost.”
“I definitely think women are running it right now. We are not afraid to speak our minds. It’s exciting because that’s what I stand for – for people to be irreverent and to be themselves.”
“I don’t want young people to think they can’t make a difference because they don’t have money.”
“It’s about time that society accepts people for who they are.”
“I embrace the imperfections and celebrate them.”
“It’s not acceptable to torture people for being themselves.”
“Of course there are certain things that get to me, but I try and lead by example and show people that, especially with haters, that you should just ignore them.”
“I think a lot of people can get wrapped up in comparing themselves. And that’s when the tragic downfall comes, because there will always be someone more beautiful.”
“Every weird thing about you is beautiful and makes life interesting.”
“I went through awkward, chubby, total weirdo phases.”
“I grew up with nothing – I remember sometimes not having shoes. When I moved to L.A., I slept in my car. But I was always happy. I still don’t go shopping really, and I haven’t bought anything excessive. I do plan on buying an island and filling it with baby tigers, though.”
“I was never the cool kid, I was never hot in high school. I was never popular. You don’t have to be perfect and you don’t have to be rich and you can still be successful.”
“There is no correlation between happiness and amounts of money.”
“You don’t have to carry a designer bag that costs more than a car to look cool.”
“I like to admire. I’m a fan of beauty.”
“I think people need to have fun with whatever they’re doing… anything you don’t need to take too seriously, don’t take too seriously.”
“I have channeled my feelings of severe hopelessness and depression, I’ve overcome obstacles, and I have found strength in myself even when it felt out of reach. I’ve found what I had thought was an unobtainable place of peace.”
“I feel an overwhelming responsibility to be as empathetic and kind and loving and as safe of a place as humanly possible for people.”
“I know that I have balls. I have bigger balls than a lot of the men that I meet. I’m just a ballsy motherf*cker. I’m not afraid of pushing boundaries. That’s what you have to do to become an icon.”
“I’m not saying I’m the perfect role model. But I’m honest. Period.”
“I’m really fun. I’m ridiculously fun. I hope I’m infectiously fun.”
“I’ve always been loud and obnoxious and sneaking my way into things, and so I feel like I’ve snuck my way onto the Lollapalooza lineup, and I’m going to sneak my way into whatever else I get to do.”
“Any time you want to compare me to a successful woman, I’ll totally take that.”
“Just because I’m sassy and have a mouth on me doesn’t mean I’m coming from a negative place. I wouldn’t have a number one record or song if I wasn’t a hardworking person.”
“Sorry for being emotional. But I’m not actually sorry. This is what I am.”
“Life is short and the nights are long, and tonight I moved on.”
“When you’re around me, you’re going to get glitter on you. Go insane, go insane, throw some glitter, make it rain!”
“‘Cause you know the party never ends. And tomorrow we gonna do it again. We the ones that play hard. We live hard, we love hard.”
“Let’s make the most of the night like we’re gonna die young.”
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