replicants:

me right now

itjustneverwas:

GPOY

You know that we all have needs and weaknesses and bad days. You see it in your friends and your child, and you don’t think they’re weak or pathetic for that - so why can’t you allow the same feeling in yourself?

GA: I think that a lot of it has to do with self-esteem and about feeling whether I deserve it or not. Somebody said to me the other day, ‘It’s okay to make a mistake.’ And I literally burst into tears. I just thought, ‘You know what? No, it’s not okay.’ I’m so completely fine with other people making mistakes, whether it’s friends or my daughter or whoever. I love and admire artists who aren’t afraid to make mistakes in public, and I find it deplorable that culturally we’re so cruel and unforgiving of it. I’m incredibly open to that concept and so forgiving for others, but I realise for me, it’s not one iota okay.