Music Quotes

I don't force it. If you don't have an idea and you don't hear anything going over and over in your head, don't sit down and try to write a song. You know, go mow the lawn...My songs speak for themselves.

I don't have to perform to stay in the public eye anymore. I really don't. I am who I am and what I do on musical stage these days really makes no difference at all. I already have all the momentum there. I am only doing it because I love to do it.

Anything can happen in this world, for an ordinary girl.

A lot of people wanted to try to make me the white Nicki Minaj. That's not what I'm trying to do. I love 'hood' music, but my talent is as a singer. My 13-year-old self would have beaten up my 17-year-old self because she would be like, 'You're a sellout!'

I learned from you that I do not crumble. I learned that strength is something you choose.

The struggles I'm facing, The chances I'm taking, Sometimes might knock me down, But no, I'm not breaking.

And I hope you find it, what your looking for, and I hope it's everything you dreamed your life could be and so much more.

Maybe it's your time to lift off and fly You won't know if you never try.

My heart wont let you go, and I need you to know, I miss you.

Remember that only God can judge us; forget the haters, because Somebody loves you.

I love looking out at 27 semis and being like, every single one of those semi trucks is there to put together my stage.

I thought you said it was easy, listening to your heart. I thought you said I'd be okay. So why am I breaking apart.

It's awkward and silent as I wait for you to say, what I need to hear now, your sincere apology. When you mean it, I'll believe it, if you text it I'll delete, let's be clear. Oh, I'm not coming back, you're taking 7 steps here.

Music is the love of my life. It's a total escape from reality. Music transports you to another place, someplace unexpected and meaningful.

It's always weird when things are targeted for young people, yet they're driven by people that are like 40 years too old. It can't be like this 70-year-old Jewish man that doesn't leave his desk all day, telling me what the clubs want to hear.

Music is what I breathe, what I love to do. It keeps me alive.

I get more anxious than nervous before a concert.

Those minutes that I'm on stage are the best! Being there and looking at the crowd and seeing their faces, hearing them sing the positive words from the songs.

I love Vetements, but I tend not to wear on stage 'cause the sleeves are too long and I can't play the guitar.

The erosion of funding for seed and grassroots spaces is part of a wider liberal tendency to strip away the socially democratic infrastructure that actually makes art possible.