Kesha quotes:

I believe in karma, and I believe if you put out positive vibes to everybody, that's all you're going to get back.

I am so not a proper, good female. I can't dance in high heels and I'm just so not girly, but then I see these men with these banging bodies, dancing in heels, singing, and having so much fun with so much make-up on. That makes me honestly want to be a better woman.

I am leading a war against the British Empire. I'm not worried about what Democratic Party hacks say or do.

There is no correlation between happiness and amounts of money.

If you want to be a legitimate artist, it's more important what you say no to.

I grew up in the Bible Belt and I made my own clothes and dyed my hair purple. Nobody ever knew what to do with me.

I do love country music.

I just think that gay men have much better taste than any straight man I have met. I have never gotten any grief about having a good time, being unapologetic, and irreverent from a gay man.

You have to have a sense of humor about life to get through it.

I plan on making a lot more records, and hopefully one of them will be Grammy worthy.

I understand I'm supposed to be feminine and dainty, but I'm not. There are two sides to the coin. People are more impressed with things that I do because they almost treat you as if you're handicapped if you're a woman... people can be impressed that I can play a few chords on the guitar.

I try to get in quiet time and book time, but really, the only time I ever get that is when I'm on an airplane - I have a fear of flying, but I actually love flying because it's the only time I can sleep, and it's the only time I get to read.

I think I am really irreverent and I pretty much just talk to and about men the way men talk to and about women.

I could party in a cardboard box with people who are funny and don't care. For me, it's really about who I surround myself with, so I just try to always be with hilarious people.

I do feel like there are the pop stars of the world and then I'm like their dirty little sister, running around with sh*t on my face in combat boots because I can't walk in heels.

Working in this industry, I have been exposed to so many products and now realize more than ever how cruel and unnecessary animal testing is.

I love it when people send me body parts.

I just love animals, and I'm an advocate for animals rights, and my family has rescued dogs from all over the world. I don't believe in animal testing. If you see me in fur, it's always fake. Sometimes you see me wearing skulls, but those are all from roadkill

I was never the cool kid, I was never hot in high school. I was never popular. You don't have to be perfect and you don't have to be rich and you can still be successful.

I love wearing the exact same thing all the time because I think it makes you like a cartoon character. They always wear the same outfit and everybody always remembers them for it, so I feel like I should do the same thing.

All men that date me have to know that their name may end up in a pop song.

You never know what an artist is going to create next.

You're an animal, you live, maybe this one time is your lifetime - go there. Who cares what somebody else thinks?

It can bum you out when your intentions aren't, like, translated properly.

I have haters. I have so many haters.

My mother taught me how to write.

I love country music, blues, and punk, and one day I might make those kinds of records.

You don't have to carry a designer bag that costs more than a car to look cool.

I don't go to clubs.

I don't have the best body in the world, but I know for a fact that I have a really good voice.

Glitter is my makeup of choice.

My band and I, we cover our bodies in hairspray and glitter. We use the hairspray to make sure the glitter sticks.

Of course there are certain things that get to me, but I try and lead by example and show people that, especially with haters, that you should just ignore them.

Life is short and the nights are long, and tonight I moved on.

They say that true love hurts, well this could almost kill me young love murder, that is what this must be I would give it all to not be sleeping alone

I have a belief that if I wear my placenta in a necklace, there's a possibility of me gaining second sight - like being psychic. I would be wearing it whether or not I was in the public eye.

In the limelight I play it off fine, but I can't handle it when I turn off my night-light.

So many people say, 'So, what, are you a party girl?' And I say, 'I'm a walking good time.' Do I sometimes go out and drink? Hell, yes. But could I have a number one song if I wasn't also working hard? Maybe that needs a little more respect.

I went through awkward, chubby, total weirdo phases.

My mom and I are very honest with each other, almost to a fault. But that's just the way I am in life. If you listen to my record, I'm just honest about stupid stuff most normal people wouldn't put in a pop song.

I know that I have balls. I have bigger balls than a lot of the men that I meet. I'm just a ballsy motherf - ker. I'm not afraid of pushing boundaries. That's what you have to do to become an icon.

I was very studious.

I'm not saying I look cool, but every single time I go onstage, it is a fail if I don't feel like I'm going to pass out at least twice.

I played saxophone and trumpet. Pretty nerdy.

I'm really fun. I'm ridiculously fun. I hope I'm infectiously fun.

I've always been loud and obnoxious and sneaking my way into things, and so I feel like I've snuck my way onto the Lollapalooza lineup, and I'm going to sneak my way into whatever else I get to do.

I do have a stylist who helps me shop, because I don't have time to shop.

I have rock 'n' roll pumping through my veins.

When the clock Tick Tocks the party never stops!

What I'm bringing to the pop table is that I'm not pretentious.

I never want to be pretentious.

I am a huge fan of the transgender community.

I was dating a guy once who spoke rudely to a taxi driver. I got out of the cab and walked home. Treat people with respect. I've waited tables, and that's why I just exceedingly overtip. It's exhausting work.

I've done the country, done the pop-rock, done the super-hard electro.

I think there's a good pop song in pretty much anything.

I'm pretty sure that I was JFK in my past life.

I want to reconnect to my animal life.

I've always been into bearded dudes.

You really can't stereotype people or put them in boxes, it's unfair.

I'm over dudes trying to look like they're in boy bands.

My music is fun, kind of cheeky.

I do think I have a rebellious, metal-loving rock chick inside of me.

I hope to bring much more attention to important issues and change for issues and practices that are harming animals.

I wanted to make youthful, irreverent anthems. Parents might not get it, but kids would.

Just because I'm sassy and have a mouth on me doesn't mean I'm coming from a negative place.

I want a pig. I want a pig on a leash. A baby pig on a leash.

I think people need to have fun with whatever they're doing - makeup, their clothes, music, live shows - anything you don't need to take too seriously, don't take too seriously.

One fan sent me one tooth, so I made a necklace out of it. But then I found a bunch of my baby teeth, and started realizing I would love to wear a piece of my fans' bodies on me.

I deal with haters on a daily basis.

Eventually, I would love to be on my deathbed and looked at as an icon. Right now I'm still at the baby stages of my career. But that is the goal.

I love creepy old dudes. I love that they have so much self-confidence, despite having no evidence whatsoever to back it up.

A friend of mine has a big farm in the desert, and she picks up feathers and roadkill for me, then makes it into clothes. I think it's cool to wear roadkill. If I died and somebody wanted to wear my teeth around their neck to VMAs, I'd feel honored.

I'm just very amused by five-year-old humor.

When you're around me, you're going to get glitter on you.

I wouldn't have a No. 1 record or song if I wasn't a hardworking person.

I do destroy men on a weekly basis. It's like a hobby. I'm like a praying mantis.

Everything I write is based on something I've personally experienced, or things that my friends have experienced that I just find horribly entertaining.

My makeup is usually left over from the night before.

I don't get embarrassed.

I just like playing with makeup and clothes - so I really don't feel like there are rules, and if there are rules, then I think it's up to you to break them.

Sometimes it is hard to sing and dance at the same time, but I would rather be off and be real and genuine about it to my fans.

I write about stuff that happens to me, so I try to live as interesting a life as possible.

What I'm doing is art - it's low-brow art but there's a magic in that.

Be yourself. Unapologetically.

Every weird thing about you is beautiful and makes life interesting.

Go insane go insane, throw some glitter, make it rain...!

I can't walk in high heels, never mind dance in them.

I definitely think women are running it right now. We are not afraid to speak our minds. It's exciting because that's what I stand for, for people to be irreverent and to be themselves.

I do my laundry on a weekly basis.

I don't even think of myself as a quote, unquote star - that's really douchey. I think of myself as just like a dance commander.

I don't really plan what comes out of my mouth, and that's what makes most of my lyrics entertaining.

I don't want young people to think they can't make a difference because they don't have money.

I don't wear a lot of high heels.

I embrace the imperfections and celebrate them.

I feel like my music stands for the ultimate statement of irreverence.

I get so high when you're with me then crash and crave you when you leave

I grew up with nothing - I remember sometimes not having shoes.

I haven't bought anything excessive. I do plan on buying an island and filling it with baby tigers, though.

I know that I can sing. That's the reason I started playing music when I was twelve years old.

I like to admire. I'm a fan of beauty.

I like vintage a lot.

I listen to a lot of rap where men talk a certain way about women and I'm not offended. It's meant to be funny. I'm throwing it right back at them with humor, but some people can't take it. They're not used to women talking back.

I pretty much just talk to and about men the way men talk to and about women.

I think a lot of people can get wrapped up in comparing themselves. And that's when the tragic downfall comes, because there will always be someone more beautiful.

I think if you are going to be a singer, you should sing. If you are going to be a dancer, you should dance. If you are going to do a combination of the two, you should make it very clear when you are singing and very clear when you are dancing.

I think people can stand to take themselves just a little less seriously. I'm fighting the war against pretension.

I think people should give in to what they feel like doing at the time and be a raw animal.

I want people to think that I'm a magical, weird-looking freak of nature, but they really see me as a sexy Amazon jungle cat. That makes sense - I'm a little bit of both, but I definitely lean toward the narwhal side of the equation.

I want to show you that you can be funny and hot. You can drink and read. People are still getting used to what I am.

I wear [American flag] all the time. It represents my freedom to speak about exactly what I want to, whenever I want to.

I would love to embody the attitude of Iggy Pop or Keith Richards: a ballsy mentality. Stylistically, I love Vivienne Westwood - those capes! I'm obsessed.

I'm a singer and a writer first. I started to rap by accident, being playful.

I'm just honest about the things I believe in. For instance, I went to a past-life regressionist, and he told me that in my past life I was assassinated. I'm pretty sure that I was JFK in my past life.

I'm not saying I'm the perfect role model. But I'm honest. Period.

I'm obsessed with beards. First of all, beards make you look like more of an animal. Second, I kind of like biting beards; it's a pastime of mine.

I'm writing constantly about all my crazy experiences across the world, so I have a lot of music I've already written.

It is so fascinating that someone can commit their whole entire lifestyle to being such a fantastic woman when I'm such a bum about it.

It's not acceptable to torture people for being themselves.