The hair she copied off Pink, ‘I’m trying to break out of that long hair, big boobs stereotype that women feel they have to conform to. I mean, we’re not living in the freakin’ 1950s — short hair is OK. Have people really got so little imagination? Every morning I look in the mirror and I feel like a blank canvas and I choose who I want to be. In a normal job you have to live by someone else’s rules, but I’m in a job where my work is play and I don’t have to pretend to be something I’m not.’ More from the interview below.
- On the VMAs: ‘Everything I’ve ever done was how I felt at that exact moment. You have to have confidence as an entertainer and I believe — I know — that no one can be a better version of me than me. Sure, I could put on a gown and have some beauty pictures taken of me, but where’s the honesty in that?’
- A facile exploration of Wrecking Ball: ‘In my video for Wrecking Ball I am [unclothed] and vulnerable and crying because it’s a song about how it feels when everything around you has been destroyed. I’m very confident being [unclothed]. I feel that stripping off is a way of expressing purity of emotion.’
- On being a role model: ‘For me, role models are people who are good people. I stick my tongue out because straight photos are sooo boring. But even if I do stick my tongue out, that doesn’t change the quality of the human being inside. I’d rather be honest and upfront; being a good person isn’t about sitting with your legs crossed. I’m just being who I am, which is the best example I can be.’
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