Pink

I'm an asthmatic. I have to be on that treadmill singing to get my lungs right.

I'm very much in the trenches, and I don't live in the lap of luxury. I come from a working-class military family. We watch the news and read the paper and vote, so there's always something to be upset about. I always have a certain amount of angst in my back pocket.

It's about being alive and feisty and not sitting down and shutting up, even if people would like you to.

I'm kind of psychotic and I like to talk about things. I'm a Virgo, too, so I like to analyze and overprocess.

I've been asked to do 'American Idol' and 'X Factor.' I'm an Ed McMahon kind of girl. 'Star Search?' I'm in, all day long. It felt more authentic, and the market wasn't oversaturated with karaoke contests.

Long-term relationships are an everyday choice. It's harder to be in a marriage than it is to bounce from one relationship to the next.

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

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 love the shows that are in dingy little dark clubs, smoky, no production whatsoever.

A lot of people have problems with public confrontation, but it doesn't worry me at all. I can handle myself. I know my martial arts.

I was brought up to question authority, and thank God for that.

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

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.

But just because it burns doesn't mean you're gonna die. You've gotta get up and try, try, try.

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

I think you learn more about yourself in the context of a relationship than you can outside of it.

'Sexy' doesn't have to come with the price tag of being dumb.

I'm such a control freak, and it's very hard for me to lose my inhibitions without something chemical inside me.

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.

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.

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

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.

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 mom has always wished me a daughter just like me.

Consumerism diverts us from thinking about women's rights, it stops us from thinking about Iraq, it stops us from thinking about what's going on in Africa - it stops us from thinking in general.

I'm never the kind of person who's sitting at home reading the charts and basing how I feel about myself or even my career on stats. I've always based it on, 'Am I doing the best that I can do?'

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 know my strong points: I work hard, I have talent, I'm funny, and I'm a good person.

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

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

Sage is cleansing and sacred.

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

Pink is what I do. Alecia is who I am. The world has taken Pink and turned it into this thing, a brand - a snarl.

I write from my life, my experience. I'm selfish that way.

Sometimes I wish I was poetic and subtle. I write very bold and blunt and tell it like it is.

Women have fought so long and hard for our rights and equality, and now all our attention is put on being a size 0.

I have no idea why anyone likes me! I am very polarizing. It's either absolutely love or absolutely can't-be-around-for-more-than-three-seconds.

My stage show is raw and unpredictable.

I read all the time. I love it. My fantasy would be to be locked into a library. I'd be very, very happy.

I wanted to do it my way with my career, and I had this arrogant notion that people weren't just interested in my music but me as a person. That was my bit of arrogance, I guess. That's something I learned from Madonna. I was a fan right from the first time I heard 'Holiday.'

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.

I like feeling strong. It keeps my mental floor higher.

My mom took all of my behavior personally. Everything I did, she thought it was an act of rebellion against her. But it was just me being me.

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.

I've always felt like the underdog, and I'm comfortable with that label.

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.

When you have a dark side, nothing is ever as good as it seems.

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

Loads of my friends are lesbians, and it really annoys me that gay people aren't allowed to get married in most parts of America. I'd go on a march for gay rights any time.

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

Once you figure out what respect tastes like, it tastes better than attention. But you have to get there.

Every album, I'm worried that I'm a dork and a fraud - 'What if I can't sing anymore?' Then I stop thinking and start playing guitar, and I realize that it's okay to suck, and move forward.

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

There's something about breaking up with someone - you just look hotter than you ever did before.

You can't move mountains by whispering at them.

Consumerism diverts us from thinking about womens rights it stops us from thinking about Iraq it stops us from thinking about whats going on in Africa it stops us from thinking in general.