If you can explain a poem, it is not a poem. Poetry has to be inexplicable.
I live on hairspray. The bigger the hair, the closer to God.
I carry a weapon. I got a death threat a few years ago and was really scared. But I don't want bodyguards. I am my own security.
Usually, I cut songs by other people that are artists that I already love.
I think the unconditional love you get from an animal, especially a dog, is better than anything else.
When I got a record deal I said, 'I'm only wearing jeans. I'm not wearing frilly dresses. ' Dancing around in sequins is just not who I am. I wanted to be heard, not seen.
I just feel like it's easier to co-write sometimes, especially if you have chemistry with somebody. It kind of takes all the pressure off of you. But, you know, I started writing songs by myself. I didn't really have a co-writer, besides my dad. When I see a record and it has a song on it that someone wrote [alone], I just really believe in them as a writer. I feel like it's a window into them, more than it is if you write a song with someone else.
The universities are available only to those who share my revolutionary beliefs.
Because I could see that all these kids were weird and even they didn't accept me, I knew I was the strangest one of all.
Nations, like individuals, interest us in their growth.
A full bosom is actually a millstone around a woman's neck.