Kesha Quotes

You never know what an artist is going to create next.

I was dating a guy once who spoke rudely to a taxi driver. I got out of the cab and walked home. Treat people with respect. I've waited tables, and that's why I just exceedingly overtip. It's exhausting work.

I think if you are going to be a singer, you should sing. If you are going to be a dancer, you should dance. If you are going to do a combination of the two, you should make it very clear when you are singing and very clear when you are dancing.

I love creepy old dudes. I love that they have so much self-confidence, despite having no evidence whatsoever to back it up.

I do my laundry on a weekly basis.

Society has taught us to suppress certain things and not do certain things.

Rap in general has never been my steez, but I like it.

I'm really fun. I'm ridiculously fun. I hope I'm infectiously fun.

I've always been loud and obnoxious and sneaking my way into things, and so I feel like I've snuck my way onto the Lollapalooza lineup, and I'm going to sneak my way into whatever else I get to do.

I hope to bring much more attention to important issues and change for issues and practices that are harming animals.

My makeup is usually left over from the night before.

Go insane go insane, throw some glitter, make it rain...!

Making my last record, Warrior, was a pretty miserable process, and it wore my spirit down. I was fighting like hell to keep my whole irreverent essence and everything raw and visceral that I stand for in it, but in the end I was promoting something that wasn't the animal I wanted it to be. I decided to face my problem head-on.

The people who come to my shows have dollar signs drawn all over them. They have blue lipstick. I call them my animals because they just go totally mental.

Of course there are certain things that get to me, but I try and lead by example and show people that, especially with haters, that you should just ignore them.

Writing for somebody else is really fun 'cause I consider myself a songwriter first and foremost.

I do love country music.

I played saxophone and trumpet. Pretty nerdy.

I'm obsessed with beards. First of all, beards make you look like more of an animal. Second, I kind of like biting beards; it's a pastime of mine. And when I make out with a dude who has a beard - who are the only kinds of dudes I make out with - then my glitter gets stuck in their beards, and then no other chick will make out with them for at least three days.

You're an animal, you live, maybe this one time is your lifetime - go there. Who cares what somebody else thinks?

I understand I'm supposed to be feminine and dainty, but I'm not. There are two sides to the coin. People are more impressed with things that I do because they almost treat you as if you're handicapped if you're a woman... people can be impressed that I can play a few chords on the guitar.

I do have a stylist who helps me shop, because I don't have time to shop.

Eventually, I would love to be on my deathbed and looked at as an icon. Right now I'm still at the baby stages of my career. But that is the goal.

Life is short and the nights are long, and tonight I moved on.

Parents should not let kids listen to my music if it's offensive. I wrote these songs for me.

Just because I'm sassy and have a mouth on me doesn't mean I'm coming from a negative place.

I'm not saying I look cool, but every single time I go onstage, it is a fail if I don't feel like I'm going to pass out at least twice.

I can't walk in high heels, never mind dance in them.

I love wearing the exact same thing all the time because I think it makes you like a cartoon character. They always wear the same outfit and everybody always remembers them for it, so I feel like I should do the same thing.

I am a huge fan of the transgender community.

You really can't stereotype people or put them in boxes, it's unfair.

I never want to be pretentious.

I think people can stand to take themselves just a little less seriously. I'm fighting the war against pretension.

Every weird thing about you is beautiful and makes life interesting.

I know that I can sing. That's the reason I started playing music when I was twelve years old.

It can bum you out when your intentions aren't, like, translated properly.

I’m sure you gathered this by now: I just do what I want. Have I made out with chicks? Hell yeah. Did I think it was awesome? Hell yeah. I wouldn’t call myself bi. Like, if I didn’t eat meat for a week, it doesn’t make me a vegetarian. So I like people, and that’s just it. I like people.

I don't wear a lot of high heels.

I'm a singer and a writer first. I started to rap by accident, being playful.

I like vintage a lot.

I'm writing constantly about all my crazy experiences across the world, so I have a lot of music I've already written.

Working in this industry, I have been exposed to so many products and now realize more than ever how cruel and unnecessary animal testing is.

I just like playing with makeup and clothes - so I really don't feel like there are rules, and if there are rules, then I think it's up to you to break them.

There is no correlation between happiness and amounts of money.

I am leading a war against the British Empire. I'm not worried about what Democratic Party hacks say or do.

Sometimes it is hard to sing and dance at the same time but I would rather be off and be real and genuine about it to my fans.

I am so not a proper, good female. I can't dance in high heels and I'm just so not girly, but then I see these men with these banging bodies, dancing in heels, singing, and having so much fun with so much make-up on. That makes me honestly want to be a better woman.

Somebody sent me their tooth, which I now wear as an earring. It's a molar, I think. I love it when people send me body parts.