Quotes About Self-expression

Before I put another notch in my lipstick case, you better make sure you put me in my place.

I'm not sure people understand how important fashion is to me.

There will be slow songs, sad songs, happy songs, songs about boys, and songs about being who you are. I'm making sure I'm happy with all of the songs, because if I am not happy with them, I can't expect anyone else to be, you know?

I'm really at ease in being me and going all around the world playing music. But I do get a lift once we start. I'm humming stuff in the dressing room and smiling, looking at myself and making sure I don't have nose hair! But once I get really close to the stage, and the guys are doing the intro thing, I do get a pick-me-up.

Surely the whole point of writing your own life story is to be as honest as you possibly can, revealing everything about yourself that is most private and probably most interesting for that very reason.

I'm not having plastic surgery.

Fashion and style is just that. Fashion and style. It's not brain surgery.

If you choose to be Frankenstein with Botox and plastic surgery, you've bought your own private mask.

Whatever surgery someone wants to get is none of your business.

I think when it comes to Botox and surgery, actresses should do it or not do it, but be honest about their choices.

If you want to have plastic surgery or cosmetic surgery, live it up; go ahead and have it. But if you don't want to have it, don't have it.

Adapting your own book is like performing open-heart surgery on your own child.

Michael, if he wants an operation on his nose, plastic surgery, hey, he can do it. It's his right.

I went through this kind of existential crisis. I was going through a breakup; I tore my ACL and my meniscus and had to have surgery, so I was out of school for a few months. Then my computer crashed, which was, like, my whole life. So when I came out of it, I started making music that, I think, was the most true to me.

I say if a woman wants to get plastic surgery, go for it.

I identify myself as a explorer, do new things, surprise myself.

I think I surprise some people because a lot of the time, I roll out of bed and go to school, and it's like I don't wear anything that interesting sometimes.

I always surprise myself with my voice. A lot of people don't get it, and they're like, 'You can't sing. Stop. What are you doing?' And it's funny to hear a lot people say I sing in falsetto because it's not falsetto - that's my voice.

Something that would probably surprise my fans is that I wear contact lenses, and nobody really knows that because I guess I've never really had to tell anybody about that.

I didn't spend my childhood trying to be a performer; it was a big surprise to me that this was what I was doing. But it has always felt quite natural to me. I wasn't taught to do what I do; I found out bit by bit.

I'm really not sure what people think or expect me to be, but I am surprised when people say, 'You're not supposed to be like that... ' I'm not exactly sure what 'that' is, so I choose to take it as a compliment.

I want to be surprised by what people do, I don't want to work with people who need to be told what to do. I want people to show me what they've got.

Looking back, I'm surprised I had the nerve to do it, but I'm glad I did. Performing the songs and performing in film was just a part of my personality, just like football and boxing at one point in my life. I was able to lose myself in both of them, and that was a good feeling.

I'm getting more into fashion. I'm surprised that I'm getting into it because I was always wearing goofy stuff in high school.