American singer, Alecia Beth Moore better known with
her stage name, P!nk carted away the prestigious ‘Michael
Jackson Video Vanguard’ award yesterday night at the MTV VMAs and she got her
audience all emotional with her inspiring speech.
The songstress who received her award from Ellen
Degeneres gave the powerful speech following a conversation she had with her 6
year old daughter, Willow who had complex issue recently.
Read the full speech below,
"I
know I don't have a lot of time. If I may tell you a quick story. Recently, I
was driving my daughter to school and she said to me, out of the blue,
"Mama?" "Yes, baby?" She said, "I am the ugliest girl
I know." And I said, "Huh?" And she was like, "Yeah, I look
like a boy with long hair." And my brain went to, Oh my god, you are 6!
Why? Where is this coming from? Who said this? Can I kick a 6-year-old's ass?
What? But I didn't say anything. Instead, I went home and I made a power point
presentation for her. And, in that presentation, were androgynous rock stars
and artists that live their truth, are probably made fun of every day of their
lives, and carry on, and wave their flag, and inspire the rest of us. These are
artists like Michael Jackson, David bowie, Freddie Mercury, Annie Lennox,
Prince, Janis Joplin, and George Michael, Elton John — so many artists.
It
was, her eyes glazed over. But then I said, "You know, I really want to
know why you feel this way about yourself." She said, "I look like a
boy." I said, "What do you think I look like?" She said,
"Well you are beautiful." I was like, "Well, thanks." But,
I said, "When people make fun of me, it's, that's what they use. They say
that I look like a boy, or I am too masculine, too many opinions, my body is
too strong." And I said to her, "Do you see me growing my hair?"
She said, "No mama." I said, "Do you see me changing my
body?" "No, mama." "Do you see me changing the way I
present myself to the world?" "No, ma." "Do you see me
selling out arenas all over the world?" "Yes, mama."
"That's right. So, baby, girl, we don't change, we take the gravel and the
shell and we make a pearl. We help other people to change so that they can see
more kinds of beauty."
And
to all of the artists here, I am so inspired by all of you. Thank you for being
your true selves. And for lighting the way for us. I am so inspired by you
guys. There is so much rad shit happening now in music, and keep doing it. Keep
shining. For the rest of us to see. And you, my darling girl, are beautiful.
And I love you. Thank you, MTV. This is a really special night. Thank you,
Ellen [DeGeneres], I couldn't love you more. Thank you, guys. Good night."
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