Quotes About Self-expression

I have a job that allows me not to look perfect all the time. I can just go looking the way I look, have my hair just any old type of way.

You know, it's about getting out there and having a good time. Not about worrying - all these young books for women are like I'm 29 with a closet full of Prada shoes and I can't get a date. Come on.

This sounds like my autobiography, but I thought this would be a good time to sound off about myself, as I think that I have been silent too long about my views and opinions.

Sometimes I think I'm more comfortable onstage than I am in my own room. When I get onstage, it's kind of like your chance to let go and be something that you're not maybe. It's your time to dream.

The swimsuit and jeans look is my favorite. It was a big part of my introduction to the world as an artist. It was so cool to see girls wearing swimsuits with their jeans during that time.

People used to complain to me all the time, 'I can't even hear you sing because your clothes are so loud.

There ain't a wrong time or a wrong place to flaunt. If you feel good, then go on and show it off!

I used to think Twitter was a waste of time and sort of ran counter to my ability to be productive and to write and now Twitter feels like a really cool part of the creative experience.

That's kind of the weird thing about Salad Days. I had to block time off from touring and tell my management and label like no press, no nothing. Let me make an album. You guys are running me dead.

I was a child that both my parents wanted. I was told from the time I was born that I was totally satisfactory. I had a chance to be what I wanted to be.

I had no interest in drinking in moderation. And I still don't. Just because all that time's passed doesn't mean maybe it was just a phase. That's you know, that's who I am.

I used to have to save my allowances to buy a quart of rubber to make a mask, and it's how I spent all my free time.

A man who has his initials on his pyjamas must be uncertain of himself. Surely you should know who you are at bed time.

I'll cry anywhere because I can do it quite subtly. Walking, that's a good time to have a cry.

So watch me strike a match on all my wasted time. As far as I'm concerned you're just another picture to burn.

O why do I ever let anyone read what I write! Every time I have to go through a breakfast with a letter of criticism I swear I will write for my own praise or blame in future. It is a misery.

I think women have to change their hairstyle from time to time.

Millie Beggs, by the time she was forty-five, had become an emotional anarchist.

You are exposing yourself all the time as an actor. There's the risk of being thought of as bad or boring or unattractive.

Everybody likes to go their own way–to choose their own time and manner of devotion.

Every time I write something, I think, this is the most offensive thing I will ever write. But no. I always surprise myself.

You can never go wrong with a nice red lip. I'm not afraid to wear it during the day or basically any time because I wear a lot of black and it's a great backdrop for it.

I used to sing when I was younger. I left it alone for a long time, 'cause I was like, I don't even know if I know how to sing for real.

I've had my bubblegum years and I did them well. Now it's time to come back as the woman, artist, and musician that I am without apologizing.