I believe in karma, and I believe if you put out positive vibes to everybody, that's all you're going to get back.
KeshaI listen to a lot of rap where men talk a certain way about women and I'm not offended. It's meant to be funny. I'm throwing it right back at them with humor, but some people can't take it. They're not used to women talking back.
KeshaMy band and I, we cover our bodies in hairspray and glitter. We use the hairspray to make sure the glitter sticks.
KeshaIt is so fascinating that someone can commit their whole entire lifestyle to being such a fantastic woman when I'm such a bum about it.
KeshaI do feel like there are the pop stars of the world and then I'm like their dirty little sister, running around with sh*t on my face in combat boots because I can't walk in heels.
KeshaI could party in a cardboard box with people who are funny and don't care. For me, it's really about who I surround myself with, so I just try to always be with hilarious people.
KeshaI wear [American flag] all the time. It represents my freedom to speak about exactly what I want to, whenever I want to.
KeshaI try to get in quiet time and book time, but really, the only time I ever get that is when I'm on an airplane - I have a fear of flying, but I actually love flying because it's the only time I can sleep, and it's the only time I get to read.
KeshaI want to show you that you can be funny and hot. You can drink and read. People are still getting used to what I am.
KeshaThat depends. Youโve got to define โparty girl.โ If you mean Iโm a walking good time, then hells yeah. But Iโm not wasted and stumbling out of clubs and getting DUIs. Iโm not that kind of party girl. I may be blonde and fun as balls, but Iโm not a moron.
KeshaIf you listen to my record, I'm just honest about stupid stuff most normal people wouldn't put in a pop song.
KeshaSo many people say, 'So, what, are you a party girl?' And I say, 'I'm a walking good time.' Do I sometimes go out and drink? Hell, yes. But could I have a number one song if I wasn't also working hard? Maybe that needs a little more respect.
KeshaI grew up in the Bible Belt and I made my own clothes and dyed my hair purple. Nobody ever knew what to do with me.
KeshaSometimes I have parties at my house in Nashville and it's clothing-optional, and we just body-paint each other and run around, and I have a giant bed. I'm very much in touch with that side of myself.
KeshaI would love to embody the attitude of Iggy Pop or Keith Richards: a ballsy mentality. Stylistically, I love Vivienne Westwood - those capes! I'm obsessed.
KeshaI don't even think of myself as a quote, unquote star - that's really douchey. I think of myself as just like . . . a dance commander. You have to have dance parties all day and night, and you always have to be excited about having a dance party. You have to have a dance party in Milan one day, and then wake up and have a dance party at, like, four in the morning on national television in L.A. the next day. The hours are insane.
KeshaI definitely think women are running it right now. We are not afraid to speak our minds. It's exciting because that's what I stand for, for people to be irreverent and to be themselves.
KeshaI don't want young people to think they can't make a difference because they don't have money.
KeshaA friend of mine has a big farm in the desert, and she picks up feathers and roadkill for me, then makes it into clothes. I think it's cool to wear roadkill. If I died and somebody wanted to wear my teeth around their neck to VMAs, I'd feel honored.
KeshaThey say that true love hurts, well this could almost kill me young love murder, that is what this must be I would give it all to not be sleeping alone
KeshaOne fan sent me one tooth, so I made a necklace out of it. But then I found a bunch of my baby teeth, and started realizing I would love to wear a piece of my fans' bodies on me.
KeshaI know that I have balls. I have bigger balls than a lot of the men that I meet. I'm just a ballsy motherf - ker. I'm not afraid of pushing boundaries. That's what you have to do to become an icon.
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