Quotes from Bebe Rexha

It all started when I was 4. I was watching a lot of 'The Little Mermaid,' and I loved that movie. I was going around the house singing - I wanted to be on Disney and everything; I wanted to be a princess.

I was the girl that didn't go to prom or my graduation because I was too busy working with producers and making music.

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

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.

The world can be very small. That's why you have to be very careful, whoever you meet.

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

I write all of my songs from scratch, so the one thing I love about EDM is the way a song transforms into a piece of art, and how the different sounds can change the feel of the record.

I just want us to all have a good time and to party and enjoy this life, because it's too short. It's too short.

The most important thing to me is that it's all really raw.

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.

I got so excited about it. I was like, 'Yes! I won a Grammy!' And then my manager was like, 'No, you did not win a Grammy. You were part of a song that won a Grammy. Rihanna won a Grammy.'

I'm proud of my work and how far I've come, and I'm proud of the way that I did it.

We just recently saw Bruno Mars at the Hollywood Bowl, and he was incredible.

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.

It's tough hearing your voice on the radio, on a chorus, and knowing that people think it's another artist.

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

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'm definitely inspired by old hip-hop.

I'm very tomboy, and I'm inspired by hip hop artists.

I want to release six songs, let people listen to those, let them chill for a second, do a tour, release another six songs, chill for a second and then take my favorite four, put them on the album, and add some more.

It might crush a lot of people, but I've never been in the room with an artist that I've written a song for.

Music changes so fast, and we're in a singles market.

It's one thing if you write a song and somebody else sings it because you give the OK. But if your voice is on something and you don't get the credit, it's kind of hard.

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