Kesha “Ke$ha” Sebert spoke with The Dallas Morning News about her image, paying homage to country music with her songs and whether her Get Sleazy tour is about a dance party where concertgoers can throw their inhibitions out the window. “It sums up a lot of what I stand for and what I am,” the 24-year-old said. “I just want people to be crazy. I want people to be able to come to my show and be complete idiots, be yourself, have fun. I don’t care. Hopefully I am providing them that outlet for two hours.”

Kesha “Ke$ha” Sebert spoke with OMG,Music! about how she deals with her legion of critics, saying “negativity breeds negativity” and urged her fans to brush off the haters. “I’ve obviously experienced a lot of hate in the last few years – I’ve come to realize I’m a very polarizing artist,” the 24-year-old said. “The people that get it, they love joining in with the party. The haters, they just live in a negative space.”

Kesha “Ke$ha” Sebert spoke with Billboard.com about a recent experience pulling a boy onto the stage and being left speechless by what he had to say. “He started crying and he told me that the only reason he was alive was because of my music,” she explained about the encounter that convinced her to ignore the critics and focus on her fans. “He’d never felt accepted for who he was, and through my songs he realized that there are people out there who will love him for exactly who he is, and so he decided to come out of the closet.” Ke$ha is up for Top New Artist for next Sunday’s Billboard Music Awards on ABC.