I never thought people would be mortally offended by the sounds I was making.
I've sung other people's music all my life.
Love overcomes hate. Love has no color. Love has no orientation. All is love.
Be who you want to be - be free in your own skin, be liberated and feel beautiful, and do what you want to do without judgement
If something doesn't look right, throw some glitter on it.
It gets better. It seems hard, you know, I think being different is always gonna be a tough climb. There's always gonna be people that are scared of it. But at the end of the day you give those bullies, those people, that are so ignorant, if you give them the power to affect you, you're letting them win. And they don't deserve that. What you're doing by being yourself is you're keeping it real, and you're being really brave.
The best way to be loved, is to love yourself.
When I came to Ole Miss, everyone expected me to bring the program back to its glory days. I didn't want to put that kind of pressure on myself.
GIVE YOUR BRAIN AS MUCH ATTENTION AS YOU DO YOUR HAIR AND YOU'LL BE A THOUSAND TIMES BETTER OFF.
We're a country here, that if you take a picture of what America looks like, you can do It in a football stadium or a basketball court and you see all different kinds of Americans There. We're pretty proud of that, the different looking Americans that are still Americans.
I found a certain kind of music congenial to me; it never occurred to me to write music that was academically acceptable.