"You're going to have people who are going to say, 'Oh, you know, like, she just writes songs about her ex-boyfriends'. And I think frankly that's a very sexist angle to take. No one says that about Ed Sheeran. No one says that about Bruno Mars. They're all writing songs about their exes, their current girlfriends, their love life, and no one raises the red flag there."
“A man does something, it's strategic, a woman does the same, it's calculated. A man is allowed to react, a woman can only over-react. A man does something? Confident. A woman does it & she's smug. A man stands up for himself, a woman throws a temper tantrum.”
" I want to say to all the young women out there, there are going to be people along the way who will try to undercut your success or take credit for your accomplishments or your fame, but, if you just focus on the work and you don't let those people sidetrack you, someday when you get where you're going you'll look around and you will know that it was you and the people who love you who put you there. And that will be the greatest feeling in the world."
"In the last 10 years I have watched as women in this industry are criticized and measured up to each other and picked at for their bodies, their romantic lives, their fashion, or have you ever heard someone say about a male artist, I really like his songs but I don’t know what it is, there’s just something about him I don’t like? No! That criticism is reserved for us"
"I've learned that society is constantly sending very loud messages to women that exhibiting the physical signs of ageing is the worst thing that can happen to us. These messages tell women that we aren't allowed to age. It's an impossible standard to meet."
"Because women are held to such a ridiculous standard of beauty. We’re seeing so much on social media that makes us feel like we are less than, or we’re not what we should be, that you kind of need a mantra to repeat in your head when you start to have harmful or unhealthy thoughts." // "“If you’re thin enough, then you don’t have that ass that everybody wants, but if you have enough weight on you to have an ass, your stomach isn’t flat enough. It’s all just fucking impossible.”
We see you over there on the Internet comparing all the girls who are killing it, but we figured you out we all know now, we all got crowns, you need to calm down
They tell you while you're young "Girls, go out and have your fun" Then they hunt and slay the ones who actually do it Criticize the way you fly When you're soaring through the sky
Do you see my face in the neighbor's lawn? Does she smile? Or does she mouth, "Fuck you forever"?
When everyone believes ya What's that like? I'm so sick of running as fast as I can wondering if I'd get there quicker if I was a man And I'm so sick of them coming at me again cause if I was a man, then I'd be the man
If a man talks shit, then I owe him nothing