Quotes from Kesha

I write about what I'm going through.

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

I am a huge fan of the transgender community.

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

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

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 do love country music.

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.

One 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.

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.

I love country music, blues, and punk, and one day I might make those kinds of records.

I 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.

I think I am really irreverent and I pretty much just talk to and about men the way men talk to and about women.

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 don't want to treat my fans like they are stupid.

I 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.

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 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.

I don't want young people to think they can't make a difference because they don't have money.

Be yourself. Unapologetically.

I wanted to make youthful, irreverent anthems. Parents might not get it, but kids would.

I played saxophone and trumpet. Pretty nerdy.

I wear [American flag] all the time. It represents my freedom to speak about exactly what I want to, whenever I want to.

I'm over dudes trying to look like they're in boy bands.