W.D. Lady Quotes

Being beautiful is not so fun when you're in a business with all men.

Men weren't always happy for me. It was very challenging to watch a woman be so successful.

I thought equality was non-negotiable.

All you care about is how punk rock you feel when you wake up in the morning.

I love imperfections.

Unless I am both capable of and willing to reopen the wound every time I write a song, if I choose to not look inside myself to write music, I'm really not worth being called an artist at all.

I have kids who buy tickets for my show... How could I take their money and ignore their problems?

Some of you will stay with me forever, but some of you ... WILL BETRAY ME.

I love her. My piano. play the sh*t outta her.

Only I can snatch my own weave

If I could for a moment just inspire you to love yourself, that would be worth EVERYTHING

Off to the STUDIO in my new whip.

I used to get made fun of for being either too provocative or too eccentric, so I started to tone it down. I didn't fit in, and I felt like a freak.

Sweat it out then back home to my man to make dinner. #hausWife

I take medication every day for mental illness and depression and don't feel bad about it.

Some women chasing men, and some - for dreams. If you are at a fork, remember, your career will not wake up one morning to say that more does not love you.

I'm drawn to bad romances.

Making ziti for the Chicago Fire Department! I hope they're not too busy today, but this should fill their bellies I hope they like it!

I would rather die than have my fans see me without a pair of heels on. And that's show business.

I've had grand pianos that are more expensive than, like, a year's worth of rent.

I'm not interested in people positioning me next to other artists.

I want my fans to love themselves. It's almost like I want to hypnotize them so when they hear my music they love themselves instantly.

In my work and what I do, I am Queen of the Universe every day!

My work as an artist is completely separate from my work as a philanthropist.

Speaking purely from a musical standpoint, I think I am a great performer.

cause it's a hard life, with love in the world. and i'm a hard girl, loving me is like chewing on pearls.

I guess you could say I devoted myself so strongly to my music that for awhile I forgot about my family. But I only get one set of parents, and I think I forgot about that for a little while.

I don't like L.A. It's just not fun. I don't know why, but I just don't get it. You have to drive to get everywhere, and when it rains everybody freaks out.

If you're laying in bed next to someone that really doesn't make you feel like the goddess that you are, you need to rediscover what it is that you truly want and need.

I used to be so delusional. I always imagined I could be more than I was, and eventually I grew and evolved into that person.

Celebrity life and media culture are probably the most overbearing pop-cultural conditions that we as young people have to deal with, because it forces us to judge ourselves.

The whole world might not understand. I don't really care.

I got a job when I was 15 because my allowance was about $20 a week which in New York was impossible. So I used to waitress across the street from where I grew up.

Love is an interesting thing. Perhaps I've never been in love before - I don't really know? I think I have. I guess it's subjective in that way.

It's honestly true that money means nothing to me.

It has been hard for me to find it, but I have found love.

The blurring of fantasy and reality is something that the Japanese herald in their life, in their day-to-day commercialism.

I actually don't want a throne at all, because I don't view myself as a queen; I view myself as one of my fans.

Hair is about when you're younger. I am my hair.

I live in Hollywood, but you can't make me love Hollywood. I'll never love Hollywood.

You think I'm going to ask these sweet 14 year olds to ask their parents to buy a $100 ticket then run around in latex and lip sync? No way.

I am the center of attention in my job every single day; the thought of a wedding to me is exhausting. Why would I put myself through that?

In case you're wondering whether I lip synch, the answer is no... people think so because I sound so good.

I never wanted to look pretty on stage and sing about something we've all heard about before.

If I can be a leader, I will.

Well, in order for me to be successful... In order to be a great artist - musician, actor, painter, whatever - you must be able to be private in public at all times.

I live between two things-I live between art and pop all the time.

Writing a record is like dating a few men at once. You take them to the same restaurants to see if they measure up, and at some point you decide who you like best.

You ought to pity me 'cause there's always one man to love/ But in the bedroom the size of him's more than enough.

This means more to me than any Grammy I could ever win ... It will take a village and an army, [some] countries and continents to make bullying a hate crime.