Words to Live By: P!nk in All Her Unabashed Glory
Stealing the spotlight as our artist of the week is none other than P!nk! The star has found a lovely spot for herself in the industry and has created an impressive dent with her vocal abilities and powerful concepts.
The star began performing at just 14 years old and it was around this time when she also adopted the moniker, ‘P!nk’. Interestingly, she took the name from the character ‘Mr. Pink’ in Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Reservoir Dogs’. But P!nk has come a long way from performing at small gigs. She has currently carved out a unique space for her art and ideologies.
She’s made it a habit of creating songs that tackle weighty issues like mental health, suicidal thoughts, feminism, sexuality and a number of other topics. She’s always been known for her path-breaking role in the industry and has gone on to inspire a string of other powerful musicians. And so, with her years of experience and revolutionary thinking, it’s no surprise that this woman can sometimes arrive with some of the most sound advice.
So, we’ve picked out some of her finest quotes. The witty, the inspiring, the thought-provoking and everything in-between. So, dive right in, because P!nk’s got some lessons to teach!
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1. “Today, charting your own course isn’t just more necessary than ever before. It’s also much easier – and much more fun.”
2. “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.”
3. “Women have fought so long and hard for our rights and equality, and now all our attention is put on being a size 0.”
4. “I don’t like working with hitmakers. I don’t want hits! You’re not even allowed to say that word around me.”
5. “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.”
6. “Once you figure out what respect tastes like, it tastes better than attention. But you have to get there.” (Photo by Angel Marchini/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
7. “My definition of stupid is wasting your opportunity to be yourself because I think everybody has uniqueness and everybody’s good at something.” (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Variety)
8. “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.” (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
9. “I’ve always felt like the underdog, and I’m comfortable with that label.” (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)
10. “I was brought up to question authority, and thank God for that.” (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)
By: Nina Karun
