Quotes On Authenticity

I was not popular in high school, I know every actress says that, but really, I was a big geek.

People are going to judge you anyway, so you might as well do what you want.

Never forget the essence of your spark!

Maybe you're not meant to fit in. Maybe you're supposed to stand out.

Just be yourself, there is no one better.

It's never been about trying to look well-behaved. It's just how I am. I guess it's a weird thing to be 19 and not ever have been drunk, but for me, it just feels normal because I don't really know any other way. I don't know if I'd be comfortable getting wasted and not knowing what I've said. That doesn't mean when I'm older I won't have a glass of wine. I just don't think it's such a strange thing for me not to be wasted all the time.

If they don't like you for being yourself, be yourself even more.

I still love sparkles and grocery shopping and really old cats that are only nice to you half the time. I still love writing in my journal and wearing dresses all the time and staring at chandeliers. But some new things I've fallen in love with mismatched everything. Mismatched chairs, mismatched colors, mismatched personalities.

I never want to change so much that people can't recognize me.

I have this formula for music. If I continue to write songs about my life, and my life is always changing, then my music will always be changing.

Factoring in millions of people when I'm writing a song is not a good idea. I don't ever do it.

A man writing about his feelings from a vulnerable place is brave; a woman writing about her feelings from a vulnerable place is oversharing or whining.