I don't have the best body in the world, but I know for a fact that I have a really good voice.
— Kesha
I'm not thuggy.
You never know what an artist is going to create next.
You really can't stereotype people or put them in boxes, it's unfair.
All men that date me have to know that their name may end up in a pop song.
It's about time that society accepts people for who they are.
I wouldn't have a No. 1 record or song if I wasn't a hardworking person.
I like vintage a lot.
I think people need to have fun with whatever they're doing - makeup, their clothes, music, live shows - anything you don't need to take too seriously, don't take too seriously.
I think I am really irreverent and I pretty much just talk to and about men the way men talk to and about women.
You're an animal, you live, maybe this one time is your lifetime - go there. Who cares what somebody else thinks?
I put on the best live show, the absolute best live show I can possibly can.
I don't really plan what comes out of my mouth, and that's what makes most of my lyrics entertaining.
I believe in karma, and I believe if you put out positive vibes to everybody, that's all you're going to get back.
My mother taught me how to write.
There is no correlation between happiness and amounts of money.
Rap in general has never been my steez, but I like it.
I've done the country, done the pop-rock, done the super-hard electro.
What I'm doing is art - it's low-brow art but there's a magic in that.
Working in this industry, I have been exposed to so many products and now realize more than ever how cruel and unnecessary animal testing is.
I deal with haters on a daily basis.
I went through awkward, chubby, total weirdo phases.
I'm responsible.
I can't walk in high heels, never mind dance in them.
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 don't wear a lot of high heels.
Society has taught us to suppress certain things and not do certain things.
You don't have to carry a designer bag that costs more than a car to look cool.
A friend of mine has a big farm in the desert, and she picks up feathers and roadkill for me, then makes it into clothes. I think it's cool to wear roadkill. If I died and somebody wanted to wear my teeth around their neck to VMAs, I'd feel honored.
I'm not saying I'm the perfect role model. But I'm honest. Period.
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.
If you want to be a legitimate artist, it's more important what you say no to.
Writing for somebody else is really fun 'cause I consider myself a songwriter first and foremost.
I do think I have a rebellious, metal-loving rock chick inside of me.
I hope to bring much more attention to important issues and change for issues and practices that are harming animals.
I grew up in the Bible Belt and I made my own clothes and dyed my hair purple. Nobody ever knew what to do with me.
It can bum you out when your intentions aren't, like, translated properly.
I don't go to clubs.
My band and I, we cover our bodies in hairspray and glitter. We use the hairspray to make sure the glitter sticks.
I think there's a good pop song in pretty much anything.
I don't get embarrassed.
I'm not saying I look cool, but every single time I go onstage, it is a fail if I don't feel like I'm going to pass out at least twice.
I wanted to make youthful, irreverent anthems. Parents might not get it, but kids would.
I was very studious.
I do have a stylist who helps me shop, because I don't have time to shop.
My music is fun, kind of cheeky.
