Bike lanes are the coolest. My favorite past time is flipping off cars from my bicycle. Just kidding - I'm more of a silent resentment kind of girl. Mary Lambert More Quotes by Mary Lambert More Quotes From Mary Lambert Treat others as you wish to be treated. Don't just be nice, but be kind to other people. That can be so rewarding. Mary Lambert treat you be-kind people Body love is more than acceptance of self or the acceptance of the body. Body love is about self-worth in general. It's more than our physical appearance. Mary Lambert acceptance self love-is love Just because you're not thin does not mean you're ugly. You are beautiful because of the light you carry inside you. You are beautiful because you say you are, and you hold yourself that way. Mary Lambert yourself you light beautiful Beauty, by way of fashion, has to do with confidence, with flattering silhouettes, with patterns, with proper fit for body type, and with an abundance of self-love! Mary Lambert self-love confidence fashion beauty At this point, I have 10 pairs of cat earrings because fans bring them to me. The next song I write, I'm going to be like, 'I love Chanel.' Mary Lambert me earrings song love The bottom line is: You are in control of your reactions to things and how you view things. Mary Lambert control your view you I have a big thing with eye contact, because I think as soon as you make eye contact with somebody, you see them, and they become valued and worthy. Mary Lambert see think you eye There is so much shame and guilt in our society, and I think it has deprived a lot of people from living fully. We are all facing battles... We've all had someone who has hurt us. So let's talk about it. Mary Lambert think society hurt people People are constantly not feeling, but numbing themselves, either through medication or playing on their phones. If you start feeling bad, it's like, 'Distract! Distract! Put on Storage Wars!' And I know because I'm guilty of it, too. Mary Lambert feeling bad you people I'm not saying everybody has a social responsibility of what art they create, but art should be open-ended. I just feel there's a lack of consciousness and understanding of impact and reach. Just maybe, for a second, just think of the effect you could have with a lyric. Mary Lambert feel you responsibility art I think no matter how you think about your music, you're ultimately in the music 'business.' I think you have to be business-minded in some sense. And for me, the real goal... is positive intention and social change through music. It doesn't mean that can't turn a profit. Mary Lambert me music change positive I've always had a little bit of darkness, and I've always been someone who was grieving. I had kind of had a tumultuous upbringing living in an abusive home, so for me, writing has always been a point of catharsis. Mary Lambert someone me darkness home When I came out, I said, 'I'm going to be a proud gay artist.' I'm not going to be Melissa Etheridge. But she's a goddess! Mary Lambert goddess gay proud artist If I can sit down at my keyboard and have a melody that says something that I can't with words, that's a really beautiful thing. Mary Lambert words down i-can beautiful Even when I'm in a really great, steady and stable place... I'm clinically bipolar, so that always exists - a darkness always exists. Mary Lambert place great always darkness As soon as I check into a hotel, I get butt naked and I watch super trash TV like 'Storage Wars' and 'The Bachelor.' Mary Lambert bachelor butt hotel naked There's this idea that when you make a certain amount of money that you should be staying at four-star hotels and taking town cars. And believe me, I will take a town car every day, but there are some things where it's like, 'Is this necessary? Is this important?' Mary Lambert day me car money I was going to be a teacher. I was applying to graduate school when I got the call to do 'Same Love,' actually. I was gonna go to Boston University for my masters in teaching. Mary Lambert go teacher love school Being in Los Angeles is this brutal awakening, where I feel not good enough as soon as I walk into a room, and I'm wearing the wrong thing, or I don't have enough make up on. It's all about image. Mary Lambert walk feel good not-good-enough That's why fame freaks me out in a lot of ways - because how genuine of a connection can you have when you're a commodity, and a conversation with you means bragging rights? That's terrifying to me. Mary Lambert me you fame conversation
