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" After a show over the summer, a girl came up to me who was a pastor at her church, which was not accepting of same-sex relationships. She said that 'Same Love' allowed her to come out regardless of the consequences. "

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" I've always had a little bit of darkness, and I've always been someone who was grieving. I had kind of had a tumultuous upbringing living in an abusive home, so for me, writing has always been a point of catharsis. "

Mary Lambert

Living

Home

" Gay rights and body acceptance are two things I feel very passionately about. "

" Yes, I would loved to have just sustained myself through my art, but less than one in a billion musicians gets that life. So rather than being like, 'I'm an exception!', like a moron, I thought I'd get a real job. "

" I like to think that my music allows people that cathartic cry. "

" Sylvia Plath, Rumi, there's a lot of spoken word poets who do a really incredible job putting their spoken work into page poetry - that's what I strive to do. "

" I'm a sensitive, sensitive person. Overly sensitive. Extremely emotional. "

" It's a really skewed part of our culture that happiness is the end-all be-all. The people that force themselves to be happy all the time often end up being the most broken. "

" It is a little scary to go across the whole country, and basically the world, and be like, 'What's up? I'm gay, and you should let me get married everywhere.' I don't feel like I'm a spokesperson. I just sing what my experience is. "

" The bottom line is: You are in control of your reactions to things and how you view things. "

" Fat bodies are used comically. I respect Rebel Wilson so much, and Melissa McCarthy. I love them both. But so often, I feel like fat female bodies are used as props. "

Mary Lambert

Rebel

Love

" I would sing to my Beanie Babies, and I sort of created this alternate universe where I was famous, and there were thousands of people that I was singing to. "

" I came out when I was 17. I was in the church; I was crying every Sunday for about a year. I came to terms with the fact with this is who I was - I wasn't going to be able to be a different person. At 17, you feel like a freak already, and so to have that fire and brimstone against your attraction is just screwed up! "

" I think I streaked one time when I was 16, which was scary. "

" I feel like I'm like a healer in a pop singer's life. "

" After singing 'Same Love' across the nation, it's given me faith that I've underestimated the straight world. "

Mary Lambert

Love

World

" When I came out, I said, 'I'm going to be a proud gay artist.' I'm not going to be Melissa Etheridge. But she's a goddess! "

" Growing up, people are like, 'Mary, we'll see you at the Grammys.' You're like, 'I'll be at the Grammys.' Then, you're actually at the Grammys! That actually is happening; it's not just something people are saying because they like your music. It's real! "

" I'm learning how to keep my identity and personal life sacred. It's a matter of knowing my limits. I don't have to give everything that's asked of me. "

Mary Lambert

Learning

Limits

" I'm one of the writers that would die if I didn't say what I needed to say. For me, it's a matter of survival to write. "

" I feel like if I couldn't write, I would explode. "

" So I want to make money. I think it's an OK goal to have. I always felt like I can't ask for that. But why not? "

" Just because you're not thin does not mean you're ugly. You are beautiful because of the light you carry inside you. You are beautiful because you say you are, and you hold yourself that way. "

" It's an interesting thing about being a 'fem.' People automatically assume that I'm straight. "

" The thing I really love about my fans is the vulnerability and openness, the crying and the hugs. They are so kind. "

" If I can sit down at my keyboard and have a melody that says something that I can't with words, that's a really beautiful thing. "

" I remember when I heard 'Jessie's Girl' for the first time, I was like, 'This is so applicable to lesbians!' "

Mary Lambert

First Time

Girl

" If you want to help somebody, make sure you're coming from a place of clarity and complete non-judgment; that way, you can begin to understand their journey, too. "

" I was going to be a teacher. I was applying to graduate school when I got the call to do 'Same Love,' actually. I was gonna go to Boston University for my masters in teaching. "

" I want to go to Italy and France; those are my two places. And I really want to go to Greece. I've seen so many pictures on Airbnb that make me think I should be living there. I could eat great salads and be on a boat. "

" That's why fame freaks me out in a lot of ways - because how genuine of a connection can you have when you're a commodity, and a conversation with you means bragging rights? That's terrifying to me. "