Pink quotes

I know I should stop smoking, but it scares me. I mean, what would I turn to next?

Carey's had though times as well, so between the two of us, it's perfect

This life gets lonely when everybody wants something.

I've always felt that animals are the purest spirits in the world. They don't fake or hide their feelings, and they are the most loyal creatures on Earth. And somehow we humans think we're smarter-what a joke.

I've learned I'm not lying by not saying anything, so I just don't say it anymore.

Big productions, to me, are great - like, I love going to Vegas and seeing shows - but I think that sometimes it's distracting, especially when you are there to listen to the music.

I will never be a stupid girl... and neither should you. Today, charting your own course isn't just more necessary than ever before... it's also much easier -- and much more fun. A good education is one of the greatest gifts you could ever give yourself.

We hate so fast and we love too slow

I'm not barbie, and im alright with that.

My mum and I have an incredible friendship now after a mixture of pain, honesty, unconditional love and a long break from each other

On her daughter: And she's going through all these changes. You know, it's just crazy times.

I'm never the kind of person who's sitting at home reading the charts and basing how I feel about myself or even my career on stats. I've always based it on, 'Am I doing the best that I can do?'

where ther is drsire there is gonig to be a flame where there is a flame someones bound to burned just because it bruns doesn't mean your going to die you gotta get up and try, try, try

I just get bored easily. As I'm sure other people do too.

Once you figure out what respect tastes like, it tastes better than attention. But you have to get there.

I was extreme... from skateboarder to hip-hopper to rave child to lead singer of a rock band - I did it all, and all at the same time.

Charting your own course isn't just more necessary than ever before. It's also much easier - and much more fun.

My favorite books, art pieces, films, and music, always have something jarring about them.

But just because it burns doesn't mean you're gonna die. You've gotta get up and try, try, try.

Cutting, and suicide, two very different symptoms of the same problem, are gaining on us. I personally don't know a single person who doesn't know at least two of these victims personally.

I'd love to have time to do my hair, honestly. I'd love to be Victoria Beckham just for one day - to look that good. But I can't.

My fans mean more to me than they will ever know. I call these people my friends and my confidence and if they are here to see me and they are here to support me, then that's all I need in life.

I tend to put my foot in my mouth. I'm not good at being diplomatic. I tend to piss people off.

I'm taking my rats. Those are my friends for the tour. Thelma and Louise. They're so cute.

When you have a dark side, nothing is ever as good as it seems.

My stage show is raw and unpredictable.

My definition of stupid is wasting your opportunity to be yourself because I think everybody has a uniqueness and everybody's good at something.

For the first few years we paid all the bills first and divided what was left as salary. Sometimes that was $50 a week.

I'd rather bleed with cuts of love than live without any scars.

I'm used to going into the studio and smoking and drinking until three in the morning. But I can't drink as much because I'm breastfeeding. See this glass of wine? Before, I'd have, like, four of them. Now, one is good. Oh, and I quit smoking. . . I've exorcised a lot of my demons, but I'm still working on myself. I think I'll be a work in progress for the rest of my life.

My dad raised me with some good advice: 'Always tell the truth. Always shoot from the hip. You might not have many friends, but you'll never have enemies, because people will always know where you're coming from.'

The willow is my favorite tree. I grew up near one. It's the most flexible tree in nature and nothing can break it - no wind, no elements, it can bend and withstand anything.

When I first appeared, people couldn't figure out whether I was gay, straight, black, white or whatever, and I loved that. I loved the fact it scares people.

My parents divorced, and I didn't have much of a daddy growing up.

The only problems I've ever had with being honest is telling people how I feel about them or saying how I feel about other people.

A lot of people have problems with public confrontation, but it doesn't worry me at all. I can handle myself. I know my martial arts.

Loads of my friends are lesbians, and it really annoys me that gay people aren't allowed to get married in most parts of America. I'd go on a march for gay rights any time.

Change the voices in your head. Make them like you instead.

Sometimes it takes a tragedy to bring people together, Other times it just takes music.

I'm very involved with PETA - People for Ethical Treatment of Animals - and Greenpeace and a lot of women's shelter and clothing giveaways.

I dedicate my love and whole heart this Memorial Day to my Dad, a soldier, who like many others, suffers in silence with pride and honor.

What is a family without love? And by family I don't just mean a packed kitchen table with a hoard of children around it. A family can be made up of any number of people. Me and my fiancee are our own little family, a family of two (and the dog!), and our love is at the heart of that.

I want art to make me think. In order to do that, it may piss me off, or make me uncomfortable. That promotes awareness and change, or at least some discussion.

I'm try-sexual. I'll try anything once

There are 50 new tabloids every year, and I'm in them, and I read them, and I do stupid things.

I was a very defensive kid 'cause I was really sensitive underneath and didn't want people to know. So I came off as very tough and very angry.

Pretty, pretty please, don't you ever ever feel like you're less than, less than perfect.

True beauty is knowing who you are and what you want and never apologizing for it.

You can't move mountains by whispering at them.

I've been asked to do 'American Idol' and 'X Factor.' I'm an Ed McMahon kind of girl. 'Star Search?' I'm in, all day long. It felt more authentic, and the market wasn't oversaturated with karaoke contests.

I believe there's 31 flavors to be tasted. . . I'm just living my life. I don't want to be your kind of good.

Mistaken, always second guessing, underestimated, look I'm still around.

I'm cool. I don't need to be skinny. I like to be strong.

Consumerism diverts us from thinking about women's rights, it stops us from thinking about Iraq, it stops us from thinking about what's going on in Africa - it stops us from thinking in general.

I decided at 15 that I didn't want to be one of those artists that gets up and sings love songs they don't mean. I decided that I was going to be me to the fullest extent, that my songs were going to reflect relationships I've had, things I've been through, and even the stuff I'm embarrassed about.

I'm such a control freak, and it's very hard for me to lose my inhibitions without something chemical inside me.

Why do we fall in love so easy, even when it's not right?

Gotta get up and try.

I'm very much in the trenches, and I don't live in the lap of luxury. I come from a working-class military family. We watch the news and read the paper and vote, so there's always something to be upset about. I always have a certain amount of angst in my back pocket.

Women have fought so long and hard for our rights and equality, and now all our attention is put on being a size 0.

Dr. Maggie DiNome was given the Duke Award for her tireless efforts and stellar contributions to the eradication of cancer. But unfortunately my weight seems much more important to some of you. While I will admit the dress didn't photograph as well as it did in my kitchen, I will also admit I felt very pretty. In fact, I feel beautiful.

I'm feeling really grateful. I'm feeling grateful that I've been able to participate in this game for as long as I have. I'm feeling grateful that I've been able to tell my stories. I don't know that my mom and dad are that grateful, or Carey [Hart, Pink's husband], but it's been good for me. I'm grateful if I've kept one girl from feeling different or ugly or unempowered.

I've always felt like the underdog, and I'm comfortable with that label.

My mom took all of my behavior personally. Everything I did she thought it was an act of rebellion against her. But it was just me being me.

For so long, I was searching for something to be proud of. But at a certain point, I realized, 'Wait, I'm doing what I want to be doing. I'm not wanting to do it; I'm doing it.' And that's awesome.

People are always like, Why did you and husband Carey Hart get back together? Well, we weren't done. And now we have Willow, so we'll never be done.

People are always so surprised when they meet me. Firstly, that I'm 'so tiny', and secondly that I'm 'so sweet'. They seem surprised that they're not scared of me.

I turned down Prince William's invitation for me to sing at his birthday bash because he was spearing animals in Africa and bringing publicity to it, and I thought that was pretty disgusting!

You can't be creative when you're completely happy.

I change my mind so much I need two boyfriends and a girlfriend.

My mom has always wished me a daughter just like me.

I don't think imitation is the highest form of flattery, I think it's annoying.

It takes a lot of people years to turn a negative into a positive. It takes me, like, an album.

I look at Willow and she's so naughty and fiery, and I'm not going to take any of her fierceness personally - my mom took all of my behavior personally. Everything I did, she thought it was an act of rebellion against her. But it was just me being me. And that's something I want to post on every mirror in my house: This is not about you!

Record companies, I found out, can put out compilations without your permission.

The problem was, I was labeled as trouble - so I was like, 'Trouble? I'll show you trouble. You want trouble, well here it is!' No matter what label they give you, the best thing you can do is prove them wrong.

Right from the start, you were a thief, you stole my heart.

Raise your glass if you are wrong in all the right ways.

If God is the DJ, then Life is the dance floor; Love is the rhythm and You are the music.

The aggressive side of me comes across in my music, but I'm just a sweet girl.

I have never really encountered anybody that was rude to me. Well, not to my face anyway.

I get a lot of flak for it... people saying [my body] is not normal for a girl... But I'm okay with it. I think it's because I was a gymnast for eight years, from ages four to 12. My body was made before my bones were fully grown. Gymnasts are short, stocky, muscular powerhouses.

The last time I checked, the only difference between my gay friends and I is who we choose to love. I'm not sure how that warrants a loss of rights, but it needs to stop. What ever happened to liberty and justice for all?

Cameron Diaz was so cute at the MTV Movie Awards when she pulled her skirt up and wiped her armpits.

I'm about to make people forget about Madonna.

My life was once whiskey, tears and cigarettes... now it's snot, tears and a color of poop. Bliss. I do miss the whiskey, though.

When I was in seventh grade my mom caught me smoking cigarettes and punished me by making me smoke the entire carton. All it did was piss me off because I was out of cigarettes.

Sage is cleansing and sacred.

I sing my life. It's like I'm having group therapy 350 days a year, and the people who come to the show get that, and they're there for that - whether it's to be lifted up, or to be lifted out, or just entertained or inspired, or to feel not so alone.

I've always loved to prove people wrong. I want to be able to cross color lines, because in music, there really is no barrier.

I don't try to be candy coated. I don't try to walk on eggshells. I am what I am. Love me or hate me.

Seems it's my destiny for love to cause me misery.

You hear people say it all the time, how life changes so drastically. But you can't possibly grasp how beautiful that is until you have your child.

In my experience the best way to beat depression is to get involved in something inspiring.

I love the shows that are in dingy little dark clubs, smoky, no production whatsoever.

I'm pretty confident and, at the same time, I'm pretty insecure. I'm like a walking conflict.

We're not broken, just bent, and we can learn to love again.

Sexy doesn't have to come with the price tag of being dumb.

I have to speak for myself. As far as videos go - casting, the artwork, everything - I'm completely hands-on. You have to be if you want your points across.

I like feeling strong. It keeps my mental floor higher.

I think the best day will be when we no longer talk about being gay or straight... It's not a gay wedding, it's just a wedding... It's not a gay marriage, it's just a marriage.

I see you try to hurt me bad. Don't know what you're up against. Maybe you should reconsider; come up with another plan. Cause you know I'm not that kinda girl. I'll just get back up again.

If I wasted my time trying to be like everybody else when I was 10 and 11, I wouldn't be me today. So if you are gonna be the future rockstars, the future somebody, whatever you wanna be then you're wasting your time trying to be somebody else, because you'll never get to you.

To experience the good you have to have seen the bad; plus it makes you appreciate blessings more. Tough times taught me to be a fighter.

My definition of freedom is knowing who you are, and then being it. No matter what anyone else is doing. And naked parties of course.

Long-term relationships are an everyday choice. It's harder to be in a marriage than it is to bounce from one relationship to the next.

In the late '90s, R&B was dominant in the radio, and the white kids were taking it mainstream.

There's something about breaking up with someone - you just look hotter than you ever did before.

I can turn heartbreak into songs that help other people

I think you learn more about yourself in the context of a relationship than you can outside of it.