Amy [Winehouse] changed pop music forever, I remember knowing there was hope, and feeling not alone because of her. She lived jazz, she lived the blues.

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If you were to ask me what I want to do - I don't want to be a celebrity, I want to make a difference.

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To everyone who says this is wrong to feel like this say, 'I was born this way baby.

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Rejoice and love yourself today 'Cause baby, you were born this way.

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People that are obsessed with hating you, feel flattered. Their whole lives revolve around you.

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Do not allow people to dim your shine because they are blinded. Tell them to put on some sunglasses because we were born this way.

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I am a feminist. I reject wholeheartedly the way we are taught to perceive women. The beauty of women, how a woman should act or behave. Women are strong and fragile. Women are beautiful and ugly. We are soft-spoken and loud, all at once. There is something mind-controlling about the way we're taught to view women.

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I do not accept any less than someone just as real, as fabulous!

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You have to fail and then get better. Then you have to fail again, and then get even better.

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You can be whoever you choose to become in the future, just do it. Just see it and visualize it and every day of your life project that about yourself.

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