Quotes from Pink

This life gets lonely when everybody wants something.

You hear people say it all the time, how life changes so drastically. But you can't possibly grasp how beautiful that is until you have your child.

Once you figure out what respect tastes like, it tastes better than attention. But you have to get there.

I was brought up to question authority, and thank God for that.

My fans mean more to me than they will ever know. I call these people my friends and my confidence and if they are here to see me and they are here to support me, then that's all I need in life.

In the late '90s, R&B was dominant in the radio, and the white kids were taking it mainstream.

Beautiful has never been my goal.

Sometimes I wish I was poetic and subtle. I write very bold and blunt and tell it like it is.

My mom has always wished me a daughter just like me.

I read all the time. I love it. My fantasy would be to be locked into a library. I'd be very, very happy.

The whole 'sell out' word to me is such a tired, tired word.

I was extreme... from skateboarder to hip-hopper to rave child to lead singer of a rock band - I did it all, and all at the same time.

Record companies, I found out, can put out compilations without your permission.

Having a child is the best thing that could happen.

There's always a backlash when you challenge people's convictions and their heroes.

I'm very much in the trenches, and I don't live in the lap of luxury. I come from a working-class military family. We watch the news and read the paper and vote, so there's always something to be upset about. I always have a certain amount of angst in my back pocket.

People are always so surprised when they meet me. Firstly, that I'm 'so tiny', and secondly that I'm 'so sweet'. They seem surprised that they're not scared of me.

I don't try to be candy coated. I don't try to walk on eggshells. I am what I am. Love me or hate me.

I think you learn more about yourself in the context of a relationship than you can outside of it.

I don't like working with hitmakers. I don't want hits! You're not even allowed to say that word around me.

I don't live in the Hollywood bubble. I never have and I never will.

There's something about breaking up with someone - you just look hotter than you ever did before.

Every album, I'm worried that I'm a dork and a fraud - 'What if I can't sing anymore?' Then I stop thinking and start playing guitar, and I realize that it's okay to suck, and move forward.

I'd love to have time to do my hair, honestly. I'd love to be Victoria Beckham just for one day - to look that good. But I can't.