Tori Kelly Quotes

What I wear is everything - from how I carry my hair to what I'm wearing on my feet. I have to feel comfortable on stage, so I like to wear things that have room. My mood changes a lot, so sometimes I wear 6-inch heels, and other times I'll perform in bare feet.

It seems like if you are not painted up special way or have some tailor made outfit to put on to go out on stage... I don't know... there's too much of it out there.

Everyone has their own tastes. Some people want to feel like it's Queen onstage, including the dress-up thing, but that's not my style. I do know some people love that and wish I would do it, but I have no interest in that.

When I started doing stand-up in the late eighties, that was not an uncommon thing, that people dressed for the stage. I've seen that change as time has gone by to where, for me, it's something that people remark on. And that's when I started to really embrace it in a way and get more flamboyant and foppish with the way that I dress.

I've always been kind of a - you know, I have my moments, where I can be Tommy, and then I flip a switch; when you're on stage, you turn into this other personality.

Once I decided to be a different person on stage, I got the chance to be larger than life and over the top, which I love.

When I create a song, I immediately think about what I'm going to wear when I perform that song. I think about the music video treatment and about how I'm going to look on stage when I perform the record. The connection is so obvious that it's a single package. An outfit, to me, is almost a tool to express the music.

My sense of style is influenced by how I feel. I want to express myself because they see you before they hear you. You want to come on stage, and what you look like should represent the song you are playing or the set you are about to play or the message in your music.

The dreadlocks were easy to maintain: I got up in the morning and flicked my head. If they got too big, I'd pull them apart every now and again. In the end, I got too old for them.

I don't like to wear a lot of make-up or blow-dry my hair.

I spend a lot more time on my wardrobe than my makeup routine and usually have to be told to brush my hair!

Apart from trimming ends, I haven't really cut my hair.

Obviously, I wore a lot of crazy things on stage. That's just how it goes.

A band which plays songs such as 'Death Knell' or 'Prime Mover' can't just stand on the stage with a shirt and jeans-jacket. It must be more awesome than that.

You have to know how to use your hair spray.

I would never leave the house before choosing an outfit and doing my hair - the results may vary, but I cannot do otherwise.

I think that if you know people who are performers on stage and actresses or whatever it may be, the bottom line is what you do on stage. You just take on a different persona - that's what makes her so successful. Lights come on, and suddenly, it's Britney Spears, and the lights go off, and she's just Britney.

The thing is, with me, my life is a catwalk.

On stage, I like to dress up a bit. I'm not scared to be like a character up there.

I never get my hair done. I just do it myself.

I clearly love colors in my hair and try to keep my hair evolving through the years.

I'm constantly trying to find new ways to get my hair out of my face.

I like collecting fedoras. Whenever I go abroad for shows, I always look to buy one.

I love experimenting with different hair styles and going clothes shopping.

Every few years, I change my look for the simple reason that I get bored. If you Google Image me, you will see so many different looks: long hair, short hair, clean shaven, beard, etc.