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" 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? "
Mary Lambert
Think
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Why
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" You don't accomplish a lot by changing people's opinions by shoving facts down their throat. I think you change people's opinions by opening your heart up and showing the parallels between you and another person. That's how people's ideas shift. "
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" People are constantly not feeling, but numbing themselves, either through medication or playing on their phones. If you start feeling bad, it's like, 'Distract! Distract! Put on Storage Wars!' And I know because I'm guilty of it, too. "
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" Before I got on full-time medication, I believed that my mental disorder was the reason I could create so much and create well, because it made me crazy. I could go to these dark places and then come out of it and just be human again. "
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Me
Dark
Reason
" I wrote the chorus specifically for 'Same Love' as a narration of my story. I decided to release 'She Keeps Me Warm' as an extension of the chorus because I felt like there was more that needed to be said. "
Mary Lambert
Warm
Love
Me
" 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! "
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Growing Up
Saying
" 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
Like
" As I got older, I fell in love with Radiohead, and 'OK Computer' is one of my favorite albums of theirs. Sonically, the tone of the guitars on tracks like 'Electioneering' just rips right through me. "
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Through
Like
Love
" Being in Los Angeles is this brutal awakening, where I feel not good enough as soon as I walk into a room, and I'm wearing the wrong thing, or I don't have enough make up on. It's all about image. "
Mary Lambert
Not Good Enough
Good
Enough
" If people can find something that they love about themselves after going to one of my shows, then I am so addicted to that feeling. It's the most gratifying thing on earth. "
Mary Lambert
Find
Feeling
Earth
" I like to think that my music allows people that cathartic cry. "
Mary Lambert
Cry
People
Think
" 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. "
Mary Lambert
I Can
Sit
Words
" Treat others as you wish to be treated. Don't just be nice, but be kind to other people. That can be so rewarding. "
Mary Lambert
Be Kind
Treat
People
" 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. "
Mary Lambert
You
Yourself
Light
" I have gained so much more from my experiences of being open and loving humanity rather than being jaded and being closed-off. "
Mary Lambert
Much
Loving
More
" I feel like if I couldn't write, I would explode. "
Mary Lambert
I Feel Like
I Feel
Feel
" I think artists are scared to have same-gendered pronouns in their writing, and I don't think it's because they're scared to be out, because gay artists are visible, but they don't want to alienate an audience. "
Mary Lambert
Think
Writing
Want
" There I am, chain-smoking and watching YouTube videos in my bedroom at 6 A.M. when a spoken-word video comes on the screen. I knew I had to do it: that it was another part of me that needed to be explored. "
Mary Lambert
I Am
Watching
Me
" I know how I want to operate as an artist. And that is by having an honest, genuine dialogue about this kind of screwed up journey I've had that I'm so thankful for. "
Mary Lambert
Know
Journey
Kind
" 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. "
Mary Lambert
Experience
Feel
You
" I'm a big emotional mess. I try to talk about things that people don't like to talk about, especially in music. Hopefully it reaches someone and lets them access their vulnerability. That's what I want it to accomplish. "
Mary Lambert
Talk
Accomplish
Music
" Self-care is the number one solution to helping somebody else. If you are being good to yourself and your body and your psyche, that that serves other people better because you will grow strong enough to life someone else up. "
Mary Lambert
Strong
Good
Life
" I hope people learn the power of vulnerability through my songs. I think vulnerability can save the world. Empathy helps people connect with each other. "
Mary Lambert
Hope
Empathy
People
" One of the best parts about my job is that I get to dress for red carpets and appearances, and I often forgo working with a stylist because fashion is half the fun of any event! "
Mary Lambert
Dress
Best
Fun
" 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. "
Mary Lambert
Singing
Universe
Famous
" I think, for me as an artist, there are no boundaries. As long as I'm creating in a way that isn't trying to re-traumatize any wounds that I do have. "
Mary Lambert
Me
Long
Artist
" I look up to Tegan & Sara, obviously, Adele and Natalie Maines from the Dixie Chicks. All these artists are strong in their convictions, and they haven't changed who they are for the music business. "
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Strong
Music
Business
" I was a really, really depressed kid. "
Mary Lambert
Kid
Depressed
Really
" I'm not saying everybody has a social responsibility of what art they create, but art should be open-ended. I just feel there's a lack of consciousness and understanding of impact and reach. Just maybe, for a second, just think of the effect you could have with a lyric. "
Mary Lambert
Think
Art
Responsibility
" Gay rights and body acceptance are two things I feel very passionately about. "
Mary Lambert
Gay
Two
Feel