“Don’t be afraid. Be the kind of person your mother warned you about.”

Don’t let some random comment that you wouldn’t have even thought about overshadow something important that you were actually trying to say.

The way I dress and carry myself, a lot of people find it intimidating. I think my whole career can be boiled down to the one word I always say in meetings: strength.

I’ve totally learned in this process that 99% of the time, your gut is right, and you know what’s right for you. I know exactly what’s right for my career and for my art, and sometimes, even if the whole room is saying, ‘Don’t do that, don’t do that,’ you know that doing that is going to be good for you, in the long run.

Like wildflowers you must allow yourself to grow in all the places people thought you never would.

Two things to remember in life: take care of your thoughts when you are alone, and take are of your words when you are with people.

The smarter the person, the more boring the instagram account.

People have told me that Ive helped them feel confident, like they can say things they want to say. They can talk about feminism in class without people calling them a lesbian. Thats so amazing that I can make someone feel like that.

I do not need someone to complete me, but if you wanted to, we could walk next to each other into whatever is coming next.

David Bowie told me my music sounds like tomorrow

We’re so happy, even when we’re smiling out of fear.

Everyone’s competing for a love they won’t receive.

I love thrift shopping. You can get ten things because everything costs, like, three dollars.

Of course I got lipstick all over my lil’ nose in about 5 seconds, nothing’s changed.

I’m terrified of growing up. Once you become an adult, how to you step back from that? It’s something that wakes me up at night.

Taylor Swift is so flawless, and so unattainable, and I don’t think it’s breeding anything good in young girls.

What I do is so important to me. It’s like being a parent, in some ways, of a super-demanding , high-achieving child, with a cry that sounds really cool on the radio.

Noble hearts are neither jealous nor afraid because jealousy spells doubt and fear spells pettiness.

Not unafraid, but moving a tiny bravery is a large one always always always this.

Are they dead that yet speak louder than we can speak, and a more universal language? Are they dead that yet act? Are they dead that yet move upon society and inspire the people with nobler motives and more heroic patriotism?

Don’t be afraid to be deeply alone, aloneness creates stillness, stillness creates healing, healing opens up to love, and in that love the concept of being alone dissolve.

Her body is a undiscovered country and she is afraid that someone will colonize it and expect her to thank them for the wreckage.

Don’t be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.

I would advise young artists to paint as they can, as long as they can, without being afraid of painting badly.

I went through a long period where I was afraid of doing things I wanted to do, and you get your courage back, which is what’s important.