Quotes from Bebe Rexha

I've had situations where producers would be like, 'Could you meet me? Take the train; don't tell your parents.'

I was very obsessed with my music, and I think that, as a young girl, I really wanted to get into this business, and I don't think my parents really knew how to protect me.

I think in a lot of situations I had got songs stolen from me, or treated badly.

I rolled up my sleeves and said, 'I want to make a mark on this world.'

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.

It must be so hard trying to figure yourself out in this industry. Justin Bieber has hit rock-bottom with everyone watching him; that is just so tough.

I just respect Kanye as an artist.

When I was 16, I had a really big hit in the K-pop world. It was a hip-hop/R&B/pop song. I kinda strayed from that because of the writers I was hanging out with.

I don't really want to make this sound depressing, but I will say that I didn't really have my first kiss until really, really late.

I think what people get confused about is that they want to label me as this EDM girl, but a lot of this stuff is genre-less.

I played the trumpet for nine years, and then I joined the choir after that, and then I was in musicals in high school.

My ideal night would probably be a dope outfit, people that I love around me. Go to get some dinner, have some amazing food. Maybe sushi or Italian: I love both.

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

When I was a little girl, my dream was just to hear my song on the radio. It was very fascinating to me, and I was like, 'How do I do that?' Now it's like, 'Oh my God, my song is on the radio!'

I never thought of myself as a songwriter. I was just an artist writing songs, and they just happened to get placed.

I wanted to be part of pop culture, so I started songwriting, and I got signed to my first record deal.

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.

I have never spoken to Eminem. I've never even spoken to him once.

'Straight Outta Compton' was such a great movie, and obviously, I'm in the music business, so getting to see that piece of history was amazing, and it was an incredible movie.

I want to be Kanye and do what he does musically. I'm very fearless.

I'm very obsessed with not being perfect.

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.

Nicki Minaj is a very strong woman who knows exactly what she wants. As an artist, I understand her, and I could see how she could be misunderstood by a lot of people, but she is really passionate about her art, and that's something I really admire about her.

I was a Versace perfume girl at Saks Fifth Avenue, and Rihanna actually came up to the counter and asked for something. And she wouldn't even take her sunglasses off! She was so mean to me. Not mean, but, like, guarded. I don't blame her, though.