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My biggest advice for girls - and this is something that I wish I could have known when I was younger - is to have thick skin. It's something that you definitely develop when you get older, but when I first started, I was so obsessed with pleasing everybody. I wanted everybody to like me and to like my songs.

— Kate Voegele

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I won't lie - when you're first bringing out music and you want people to notice, you probably overdo it, especially as a girl.

— Jessie J

The best advice I've received is to be yourself. The best artists do that.

— Frank Gehry

I put a lot of pressure on myself. I tell my wife when she's listening to my songs that the slightest hint of whether she likes it or not puts the pressure on me.

— Dierks Bentley

I've never gotten thick skin. If you close yourself off and you get this protective armor, there is a price you pay with that - of not feeling. And feeling is important when you are a songwriter.

— Taylor Swift

I'm not a girl who started getting into music and using my femininity to get attention. When I was getting into it, it was all pure skill.

— Lizzo

I think that my music is really empowering. I just want people to know - especially young people, but really everyone - that you don't have to be so caught up in what everyone else is thinking. You don't have to be the coolest, most popular person. You can just be you and be vulnerable.

— Alessia Cara

My music is just about story telling. I don't have much to say, and I'm not trying to change anyone's mind. I'm just singing through conviction about what I love and what I care about, starting with the very small.

— Sufjan Stevens

If a girl sings a sexy song, I actually become even more attracted to them.

— Charlie Puth

People have mentioned, 'Maybe you should try to be more sexy. Look at how this butt stuff propelled this person to the top of the chart; it's amazing!' And I'm like, 'What if I really want to sing something to people?' I speak my mind. I want to be that person people feel they can listen to.

— Kiesza

✗Opposing Perspectives

Early on I realized when you write a song about someone, it flatters them on some level, and gives you a lot of room to move within a relationship. A song can kind of get the girl, for sure.

— Nick Cave