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" I feel the same way I did when I was in school. I'm having the same insecurities. "

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" I think a lot of people in their lives feel like they don't fit in, even if it looks like they do. People feel like outsiders even if others think we, the lives we live, have everything. If they are popular or they have everything they are supposed to have. Even then, people still don't feel quite included. "

" It's everywhere, constant criticism of women's appearance in magazines and online. It's not easy to navigate. "

" Pop music seems to be the way radio programming has chosen to support female artists. They have chosen not to support a more provocative voice from women, which I find disappointing. "

" I couldn't feel good about myself hanging out in Armani clothes when my girlfriend can't even pay her heating bill. I'd feel foul and I'd be embarrassed. "

" I just am fascinated by other female artists, probably because I feel a kinship with them, no matter who they are and what they do. "

" Mozart was a punk, which people seem to forget. He was a naughty, naughty boy. "

" I just want to live my life a little freely and not adhere to any schedule - just make music and have fun. "

" I think it's a great thing to have failed in life and then pulled yourself up by the boot straps and actually done something, because then you appreciate it more. "

" Selling millions of albums is a sign you've infiltrated the culture. "

" I've got a lot of stamina and I enjoy people, so having lots of people around doesn't freak me out. "

" No, I like being a role model because I know how much comfort my musical idols brought me. "

" I think women in pop have been declawed and defanged, and they're just meant to look pretty and sing pretty. You don't really hear a female perspective on the radio, because so many of the songs are being written by men. "

" It's unhealthy for people to never express any kind of negativity or doubt. To have balance, you need to address that side of your thoughts as well as the positive. Otherwise, you tend toward crazy. "

" I mean, I tend to do my own thing, and that usually crosses purposes with everyone around me. "

" I know lots of people who've never been lucky enough to get to this stage in their life. And I'm not gonna hide it for anybody. "

" How you present yourself is nobody's business but your own. The stylists have an opinion. The hair people have an opinion. The fans and the management have opinions. Ultimately, you have to trust that you are the safe-keeper of yourself. "

" I would say I'm pretty well at ease with my sexuality, but I'm an individual before I am a female. "

" I am a contradictory mess but I see it as my prerogative to change my mood like the weather. "

" I've got no timetable. I'm sort of sick of timetables, to be honest. "

" I am laughably aggressive, and the rest of the band is very laid back, so we mix well. "

" I wanted to put out a solo record because I was stuck on a major label and sick of it. "

" Possibly because I grew up not feeling very confident about my own physical appearance, I developed internal devices so that I could integrate into society. "

" At the end of the day, though, the band members have to be strong. It's down to the individuals in the unit. Listen to me, I'm talking like I'm in the army and this is my squadron. "

" No, I'm not Shirley the girl, I'm the woman on MTV with the big boots. "

" I was always embarrassed because my dad wore a suit and my mother wore flat pumps and a cozy jumper while my friends' parents were punks or hippies. "

" And then there's all these other creeps that surround your band and suck off you like leeches and try to manipulate you and your business. You have to watch like a hawk. I'm always ready to fight. I see it very much as a battle. "

" Until we command the exact same salary as every male counterpart, I feel a political desire to stand by other women. If we don't stand together, that equality will never be fully realized, and that bothers me. "

" You don't really hear a female perspective on the radio, because so many of the songs are being written by men. "

" I like the feeling that I'm giving young women self-confidence. It sounds so cliched, but it can be very moving. "

Self-Confidence

" Humans all want to beat the clock but nobody ever does. "