Quotes By Pink

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.'

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.

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

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.

You can't move mountains by whispering at them.

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.

Sage is cleansing and sacred.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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