Jenny Lewis Quotes

It's hard to pigeonhole me.

It's been helpful to have so many opportunities to look different so people stop pigeonholing you.

I like people not being able to be pigeon-holed.

It's an important point to make that people can't just be invalidated, eradicated, because they don't fit tidily into a box. And more and more, the modern world is all about conformity.

I dyed my hair about 42 different colours, and kids can be pretty judgmental about people who are different. But instead of breaking down and conforming, I stood firm. That is also probably why I was unhappy.

I want to show the world that if you want to be a bearded lady you are allowed to do it without being discriminated against.

I was always so many different things, all at once: a little hood, a little punk, a little grunge, a little glam, a little gay. I have a whole bunch of flavours.

I would say I have more in common with drag queens than I do with most people.

There are infinite combinations that people can experience, because no two people are alike, and no two people's identities should be expected to be alike. I mean, we see it in fashion: one size does not fit all. And I think it's, you know, completely ridiculous that we've expected people's identities to be one size fits all.

Being bisexual, being bipolar, being biracial - it's been used to define me, but I am desperate to be indefinable.

I don't want people to think I think I am the most diverse thing fashion has ever seen or whatever. But there are so many different walks of life that I don't represent, and there is no one person who does.

Today, we talk a lot about equality, but I think what most people mean by it is sameness - that everybody is the same - and they are afraid if they are not the same, they are not equal.

If you can play, you can play anything. I don't like classifications.

One bit in or out of focus makes the difference between our bodies being ourselves and our being part of a group. I want to melt the idea of specificity and blend individuality into the crowd.

There’s nothing wrong with not looking like something. It just means you don’t fit the stereotype yet.

Part of me looks at the gay movement now and worries that we're losing our individuality.

I grew up in a small town where everyone wanted to be the same or look the same and was afraid to be different.

Society is based on the assumption that everyone is alike and no one is alive.

I've always done everything at my disposal to avoid labeling what I do, or to avoid being labeled myself.

I think pop culture underestimates people. The message is, 'Being yourself is the worst thing you could possibly be.' But people are still attracted to it.

I look like everyone.

I didn't see how wearing prosthetics was quite so different from being born with flaming red hair in a crowd of black-haired babies, or being of a different religion from that of every other child in your area.

I'm a lot of things at once. I want my audience to choose the side they like most about me.

It takes all kinds to make the world go 'round. If everyone was straight-laced and uptight, it would sure be a drag. We need a little tug of war in society.

I seem to disappoint people a bit. They want the full regalia - but I don't walk around in a corset the whole time.