Hayley Kiyoko Quotes

I loved the idea of how all these guys always are stealing other guys' girls and I was like, 'There's no female anthem for a girl stealing another guy's girl,' and that is the coolest thing ever.

- Hayley Kiyoko

I just tend to date straight girls. That's my problem: I'm a turner.

- Hayley Kiyoko

I thought I would be in a band like Arcade Fire or be like Fiona Apple - but pop just made sense to me.

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My journey has really been trying to normalize girls loving girls.

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For me, I think 'Jem' fans were expecting a remake of the cartoon, and the movie really is inspired by the cartoon based in a 2015, modern-day setting. It is going to be very different, but it's also going to be very familiar as well.

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I just love storytelling. I write music to tell stories. So when I'm done writing a song, I take it and go, 'Okay. How can I interpret these lyrics differently?' I love taking lyrics that were so close to me at a certain point in my life and then revamping them. I always want to take things to the next level.

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For me, every music video is a hurdle. Every time I do a music video, I'm constantly fighting to get my point across. As a gay woman, that's also a big hurdle.

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When I approach my music and my music videos, obviously all of the subjects and stories that I tell come from an honest, truthful place and the experiences that I've had.

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I just want to make art that connects with people and moves them on an emotional level. Any time I can put out music and place a story behind it and have people watch it and go, 'Wow, I was affected by that,' to me, feels like I've done my job.

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I've always wanted my lyrics to say something meaningful and, you know, you always want to tell a message with your art. So yes, as I continue to write music, I will write about things that are real and things that I feel aren't written about a lot.

- Hayley Kiyoko

I grew up hip-hop dancing; I've always wanted to create music that I could dance to.

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It's tough as an artist to have such a specific vision for your video in mind when you write a song. Reaching out to directors is like going on blind dates and trying to find someone who sees the exact vision behind your music, which can be really difficult.

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When I'm on set, I'm on set, and I focus and get the work done. Then when I'm done, I kind of have this button that I switch. I'm constantly switching this button and putting on different masks, and that kind of keeps me organized.

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My friends call my style 'old man chic.' I wear loafers and stylish sweatpants. I love to stay comfortable, so I definitely funk it up, but I'm always comfortable. I wear lots of hats and feathers, and I kind of have a little obsession with Native American jewelry.

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Everyone uses art for different reasons: We use it as entertainment. We use it as an escape. We use it as comfort. Everyone uses it for different reasons.

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We all want to be loved. We all want to feel accepted. We all want to feel content. And life is hard.

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In the dating game, the world is difficult because people don't communicate, or they communicate, but then their actions speak louder than words.

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My mom choreographed the top Olympians; she's really the queen of ice in her world, so I kind of get my directorial bug from her because she's really good at telling people what to do!

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I did not want to be the gay artist, and I talked to my manager all the time, like, I don't want to lead with that. I didn't want people to look at me like that's all I am.

- Hayley Kiyoko

My hair has been this chapter thing for me. In 'Jem,' I have blue hair. 'Insidious,' it's pink. In 'CSI,' I have blonde. I love changing my hair. It's just hair and it grows all the time.

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My motto is to help people love themselves sooner. I can't teach them how to do that. They have to figure that out on their own - that's their journey.

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That's the whole point of my trying to achieve success in mainstream pop - to have straight people sing to my music that has a 'she' pronoun in it.

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It's wonderful to see parents come together and openly support their LGBTQ kids at my shows.

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Everything I do I believe in 100 percent, and I believe it's important.

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I'm grateful to the LGBTQ community for giving me the courage to write music about who I am and not just about my sexual orientation.

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The music industry is such a different world from the acting world. Everything is really last minute, but I love the challenge, and I love owning my material and being able to put out what I want.

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I've always wanted to do a video of me following a girl down the street. Michael Jackson's done it. Omarion's done it. All these male pop artists have followed women down streets in videos - it's kind of the classic thing. And I was like, there is no video of a girl following a girl down the street. I need to do this at some point in my life.

- Hayley Kiyoko

On a very small scale, I kind of understand why the directors that I work with do certain things. I don't consider myself an incredible director. I'm not ready to do movies by any means. But, I feel like I can be a better actress now that I've been on the other side and kind of understand the process and more of the technical aspects of it.

- Hayley Kiyoko

I felt like people weren't going to accept me as a pop artist.

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I know who I am and what I want to say and what I'm supposed to sound like.

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I really never imagined that I could ever even direct anything, so 'Girls Like Girls' was co-directed.

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I personally feel like people shouldn't have to come out. That, to me, was like a moment for myself where I was coming out to myself with, like, 'Okay, I can be the artist that I want to be, and as long as the music is good, people will accept me. It doesn't matter who I am, what I look like. If the music is good, they will like me. The end.'

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I think it's just important for people to lead by example.

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I like to be a part of shows that are trying to make waves and changes.

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My goal has always been to just be a person who makes great art.

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I've been parading around, leading people, being loud, since forever.

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Being young is so hard. You're surrounded by judgment and fear.

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I love women, but I also respect them.

- Hayley Kiyoko