Quotes from Bebe Rexha

I have a lot of respect for Eminem and Rihanna. They are both very real in their music.

Nothing really scares me anymore.

Life is hard. It is. And it's like, I don't want anybody feeling any pain.

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

For mascara, I'll just use whatever I have in my bag. I'll use anything. I feel like, from drugstores to a Saks, they are all the same to me.

I want people to be happy.

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

It's weird to me when an artist comes in, and the label says, 'We want him to sound like Chris Brown,' but he says he wants to sound like Sean Paul. There's a huge disconnect - it's like we're making a product.

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.

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.

One of my biggest inspirations was Alanis Morissette's 'Jagged Little Pill.'

Since I'm on a tour bus, sometimes it's really hard for me to wash my face, so I always make sure I have those Neutrogena Make-up Remover Cleansing Towelettes. No matter what and no matter how long the days are, I always have to wash with those before bed and when I wake up.

You need to know when to surrender the album.

Anytime there was an award show, it was a ritual where me and my mom would sit around and watch with my friends. We would make desserts and buy chips and popcorn and see what our favorite performances of the night were.

We don't walk around wearing candy stuff all day or colorful stuff. It's like, I walk around wearing black.

I think, especially in pop culture, we're brought up to think that a normal pop star is this pretty, well-kept-together girl.

If you can't find dry shampoo, baby powder is great.

I remember starting out and covering songs.

My favorite artists are Kanye West, Jay Z, the Fugees, Lauryn Hill, Destiny's Child.

I'd love to work with Kanye West. He's gone through a lot of stuff in the public eye, but his music is genius. He always takes risks.

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

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.'

I will always, forever, write songs, and wherever they're meant to be is where they'll be.