""I think people expect a lot out of us. Whether we’re influential for one reason or another, it is what it is. I know how influential I am over my fans and followers. I feel like everything I do, my hair color, my makeup, I always start these huge trends, and I don’t even realize what I’m capable of. I didn’t care what people had to say; I didn’t even read any of that stuff. People might have been upset because we were next to, like, young girls who started schools and crazy things. But we’re just different people! We’re influential in different ways, and that’s okay."
On the Kylie Jenner Lip Challenge:
"With the shot glasses thing, that wasn’t even my influence, because I didn’t ever pick up a shot glass; that was a trend before my name was attached to it. Then people just started calling it the Kylie Jenner lip thing. I went on social media and said I was not down for this, I don’t approve of this. So weird. But I started taking a different approach a couple of months ago."
On starting her anti-bullying campaign, #IAmMoreThan:
"I thought of the idea because, almost my whole life, since I was 9, since I’ve been in the spotlight, that comes with so much bullying and attacking," she reflected. "Everything I do, there’s a huge light on it. I’m okay with that because it is what it is, it comes with the lifestyle. [But] it has still affected me a lot."
On whether or not she wishes she was "normal":
All the time. I dream about it. I never wish to have somebody else’s life—I was meant to have this life for a reason, and I’m going to make the best out of it. But I have normal friends. I sit at my house, and they practically live with me, and I watch them get ready to go to a high school party, hang out with their friends, go to concerts. I was sitting at home and my friend said, 'Come to this concert right now! Wait… I forgot you’re famous.' I can’t just get up and go to a concert. I’ve never been to a concert like that with my friends. So there’s a lot of stuff I’ve missed out on, but there’s a lot of experiences [that I've had] that they were never able to experience."
On the legacy she hopes to leave behind:
"That I’ve helped people and that it wasn’t just about me. That I was an inspiration for young girls. And it wasn’t just getting your lips done and having good hair, but being a good person and inspiring other people to not bully other people and do good things and be nice to everybody. I just want to inspire my fans to be whoever they want to be, because that’s what I’ve always done. And they know that. I’ve been experimenting with my hair, with my lip colors. I have green hair one week, blue hair the other. I’m Gothic another week. I’m always experimenting and trying to figure out who I am and exactly what I want to be. I feel like it inspires them to be exactly who they want to be. I know I’m still young and finding myself, and I’m still growing up. But I’m okay with that, because it’s the best part of life, being a teenager. And I'm doing it with my fans. We’re all trying to find ourselves, growing up and making mistakes and trying something different. For me, it’s just a little different because everybody’s watching me. When I’m 25, hopefully I’ll know exactly what I want to do. But I’ll always want to have fun. That’s just my personality."
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