I think that the music industry is such an interesting place, and there are so many situations that people don't know about.

I turned sadness into an anthem for not letting anything or anyone slow you down.

There's nothing mathematical to my writing. It's a feeling.

I never wanted to take the easy way, and I was always willing to hustle.

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 try to photobomb as much as possible.

You need to know when to surrender the album.

What you start learning is that to get over a breakup, you kind of have to live through the emotions and not run away from it because then it lasts longer.

I want to show every part of me and every color of me. And I think, growing up Albanian, I wanted to bring that to light.

I just want to be myself and be real and be funny.

I remember starting out and covering songs.

We're fighting to be ourselves in a world that's trying to make us like everyone else.

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.

My music is a little dark, and my lyrics are a little darker. Every day, I'm fighting towards the light.

I think what 'The Monster' means to me is I find it really hard - like a lot of other people in the world - to really be OK in my own skin. It was a message to myself saying, 'It's OK that you're not perfect.' I'm gonna learn to love myself and accept myself, even though I'm a little crazy.

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.

I had a moment where I was like, 'I'm so tired of waiting for other people to accept me.'

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.'

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 love what TLC did with the baggy pants. I love a lot of throwbacks.

I'm definitely inspired by old hip-hop.

I'm not one to be like, 'What is everybody doing? Let me do that!' I just do what I want.

In the beginning, I found it hard to give my songs away, but now I've realised it's exciting, and it's only making me better.

Donatella Versace has been a renegade. Just an incredible, artistic person.