I feel that homophobia runs rampant in the music industry, and that artists are allowed to speak openly in a hateful way, in a homophobic way, in a misogynistic way, and the press does not challenge them. And I'm going to be taking a very strong stance against that, and I am an artist who refuses to accept that behavior.

Being a woman in the pop world, sexuality is half poison and half liberation. What's the line? I don't have a line. I am the most sexually free woman on the planet, and I genuinely am empowered from a very honest place by my sexuality. What's more primal than sex? I mean, it's so honest. If I didn't think I had the talent to back that up, I wouldn't have done it.

If you don't feel safe as a child, you can't learn.

I'm telling you a lie in a vicious effort that you will repeat my lie over and over until it becomes true

You must always remember, the most important fashion accessory is the condom.

I actually don't want a throne at all, because I don't view myself as a queen; I view myself as one of my fans.

I’ve had enough, this is my prayer, that I’ll die living just as free as my hair.