Quotes from Pink

I've always loved to prove people wrong. I want to be able to cross color lines, because in music, there really is no barrier.

I have to speak for myself. As far as videos go - casting, the artwork, everything - I'm completely hands-on. You have to be if you want your points across.

I was a very defensive kid 'cause I was really sensitive underneath and didn't want people to know. So I came off as very tough and very angry.

Gymnasts are short, stocky, muscular powerhouses.

I've always felt like the underdog, and I'm comfortable with that label.

Today, charting your own course isn't just more necessary than ever before. It's also much easier - and much more fun.

Consumerism diverts us from thinking about women's rights, it stops us from thinking about Iraq, it stops us from thinking about what's going on in Africa - it stops us from thinking in general.

Women have fought so long and hard for our rights and equality, and now all our attention is put on being a size 0.

I've been asked to do 'American Idol' and 'X Factor.' I'm an Ed McMahon kind of girl. 'Star Search?' I'm in, all day long. It felt more authentic, and the market wasn't oversaturated with karaoke contests.

I wanted to do it my way with my career, and I had this arrogant notion that people weren't just interested in my music but me as a person. That was my bit of arrogance, I guess. That's something I learned from Madonna. I was a fan right from the first time I heard 'Holiday.'

My stage show is raw and unpredictable.

I want art to make me think. In order to do that, it may piss me off, or make me uncomfortable. That promotes awareness and change, or at least some discussion.

A lot of people have problems with public confrontation, but it doesn't worry me at all. I can handle myself. I know my martial arts.

My favorite books, art pieces, films, and music, always have something jarring about them.

I decided at 15 that I didn't want to be one of those artists that gets up and sings love songs they don't mean. I decided that I was going to be me to the fullest extent, that my songs were going to reflect relationships I've had, things I've been through, and even the stuff I'm embarrassed about.

In my experience the best way to beat depression is to get involved in something inspiring.

Cutting, and suicide, two very different symptoms of the same problem, are gaining on us. I personally don't know a single person who doesn't know at least two of these victims personally.

I change my mind so much I need two boyfriends and a girlfriend.

I'm kind of psychotic and I like to talk about things. I'm a Virgo, too, so I like to analyze and overprocess.

So you say you wanna talk, let's talk. If you won't talk, I'll walk, yeah it's like that. Got a new man, he's waiting out back. Now what, what you think about that?

I know my strong points: I work hard, I have talent, I'm funny, and I'm a good person.

We are not broken, just bent, and we can learn to love again.