'I throw my hand up in the air sometimes' is when you don't get your way - when you give up, and you're handing it over. Bonnie McKee More Quotes by Bonnie McKee More Quotes From Bonnie McKee Cheating is bad. That's a big mistake I've made, and I've really hurt people. I've never lied about it, though. I've always been honest. Bonnie McKee hurtmistakecheating In my head, I wanted to be Madonna, but the music I was writing on paper was not what you'd choreograph dancers in costumes to. It was more coffee-house stuff. Bonnie McKee coffeehousewriting I have a reoccurring dream that I'm in the ocean in New Zealand and everything is completely upside down, because it's on the other side of the planet. Bonnie McKee oceandreamsides When I write for myself, I just get to be myself. Bonnie McKee writing When I go and write with other artists - a lot of the time it's with them - it's like a therapy session almost. I ask them what they're listening to and what they're going through and what their influences are and I try to get inside of their head and step into their shoes for a second. Bonnie McKee shoesartistwriting It's nice to really have the freedom to write what I want. Bonnie McKee nicewantwriting It's really liberating and fun to be writing stuff for myself, and really have the freedom to say what I want to say and not really have to think about what somebody else is going to say or have to edit myself to speak from someone else's vision. Bonnie McKee writingfunthinking If you can take it to the next level and really tell an interesting story in a unique and fresh way, then I feel like that's a great song. Bonnie McKee uniquesonginteresting I think the difference between a good song and a great song is... honestly, I think the lyrics, because if you have a really solid melody and solid track and everything is there but then the lyric is just okay, then you've got a good song. Bonnie McKee differencessongthinking I was writing songs as a kid about leprechauns and Catwoman and teapots - whatever it is that little girls wanna sing about. Bonnie McKee writingsongkids It's just funny that anybody would care at all to take apart the words that I write. It's kind of cool! Bonnie McKee carekindwriting I love writing with Adam Lambert. He's really funny and very fun, he's a great friend. Bonnie McKee great-friendwritingfun Ke$ha is super talented and super fun and always down to party - I love that girl. Bonnie McKee partygirlfun I think I've learnt a lot about bullying and how to deal with bullying and how to get over that and to just be yourself and forget the haters. Bonnie McKee being-yourselfbullyingthinking Maybe I'd like to be a little more than friends with Ryan Gosling, but I'd just like to hang out occasionally. Bonnie McKee more-than-friendshanging-outlittles I've always felt my spirit animal was a Tiger, so it's funny that now in 'Roar' with Katy Perry - which is a song we write together - there's the line: "I got the eye of the Tiger..." So I feel like there's a little bit of me in there. Bonnie McKee eyewritingsong I like to go to the movies at The Hollywood Forever Cemetery. They do this thing in The Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood where everybody sits out on the grass and they project movies and it's very romantic and very old-school Hollywood, so I love that. Bonnie McKee hollywoodforeverschool I got called to write for Aerosmith, nothing ever came of it, but I ended up spending the day with Steven Tyler and going to his house and we sat down at the piano, just me and him, and he sang for me and played, then he asked me to sing for him, and then we sang harmony together. That was just a big moment where it was like 'oh my god, my life is crazy!' It was really cool. Bonnie McKee pianocrazywriting I think one day I'd like to win an Oscar. Bonnie McKee one-daywinningthinking I'd like to go the Cher route and act and sing and write and have a TV show and do it all. Bonnie McKee tv-showstvswriting
