Girls spilled drinks down their dresses and flicked their hair. Wishing anyone, maybe even you, would notice them... You were someone to me.
I can't constantly be trying to write the unwritten song, the song that the 15-year-old girl needs. I need to write the song that I need.
Going through puberty as a young girl is so confusing. This monster invades your body, changes things and makes things grow, and no one tells you what's going on.
While many applauded Oprah for opening her heart to young girls in South Africa, some criticized her for not investing in the youth of America.
A lot of girls in L.A. just stand in the corner wondering 'Who's gonna talk to me? Who am I gonna diss?'
I used to flirt with girls just to get the guys circling around us. I'm getting out of it now. I have to look after my reputation.
When I met my wife, I was 24. Obviously, she wasn't my wife. She was just a girl. I made her my wife later on.
I am not perfect! When I was a little girl I thought I was ugly. My nose was too big for my face.
I certainly went to high school with some mean girls, and I would not wish that hell on anybody.
A lot of the girls were awful, very catty. It was a competitive environment that I didn't like. You have no idea of the anorexia I saw around me.
It's so much easier when you're a size two or three to just slip on anything. But a big girl, sometimes you've got to strap some stuff down!
Sometimes I wish I was just a girl in an indie band. I could dance around on stage and it wouldn't be so much about me.
The Dancing Girls of Lahore was offered to dozens of British publishers and was turned down by everyone. It is still on offer in the U.K., but I'm not confident there will be any takers.
A woman will allow herself to be clouded by her emotions. Her reasonable thought becomes completely unreasonable over the most ridiculous thing. It's a girl thing.
I do think girls in their twenties accept certain kinds of lesser treatment than they would at other times in their lives.
I try to not listen to all the girls I admire musically - like Nina Simone - just so I don't find myself imitating them, even if it's subconsciously.
It's always fun to think about winning an award. I thought about winning awards when I was a little girl. Everybody wants to win an award for something.
I'm doing what I wanted to do since I was a young girl. I pinch myself every day to make sure it's true.
Grace Jones was an influence, because I was like, 'These shoulders! These pants! Girls can wear pants and be awesome.' That's something I definitely embody.
The ones the listeners loved most of all in those early years were the four Lennon girls who became the whole nation's little sisters.
I describe myself as someone who was always putting on a show, even when I was a little girl. I wanted to be an actress but I liked organizing everybody and putting on plays. I was a producer.
