I'm proud of my work and how far I've come, and I'm proud of the way that I did it.
I never wanted to take the easy way, and I was always willing to hustle.
I'm very obsessed with not being perfect.
Life is hard. It is. And it's like, I don't want anybody feeling any pain.
If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
Sometimes it gets a little too bubblegum for me, but what I do love about KPop videos is their attention to detail, and their choreography and dancing are always spot-on.
I want to be Kanye and do what he does musically. I'm very fearless.
The most important thing to me is that it's all really raw.
I just want to be a little more real. Maybe I'm a little bit darker than others.
You get to the point where you're like, 'I'm just doing me, and if people don't like it, then it is what it is.'
If you can't find dry shampoo, baby powder is great.
I have put absolutely everything into my album. I feel like it's been such a long journey to get here. It is like giving birth to my first child, and I want to make sure I did everything right.
I was the girl that didn't go to prom or my graduation because I was too busy working with producers and making music.
I've had situations where producers would be like, 'Could you meet me? Take the train; don't tell your parents.'
When I first was a part of 'The Monster,' I really wanted to put it out under my name, but no record label thought it was good enough - until Eminem liked it.
We just recently saw Bruno Mars at the Hollywood Bowl, and he was incredible.
It's a very hard industry, and it's very cold. It's loving for when you have a hit record, but when you don't have anything going on, there's really not much support.
I bought these pink sticker things... and I would write things on them, and I wrote, 'I will write an international smash,' and shortly after, it was when we did 'Monster,' and it was an international smash.
We don't wake up happy and looking absolutely perfect and feeling amazing every day, you know? We're only human. So I think, with me, I'm not really scared to let people see that - because it's real.
I grew up in the era of Britney Spears, where artists had songs written for them, and you got up and sang them. That's how I always thought it was.
