Quotes from Ava Max

Drinking and partying never appealed to me in lyrics - they don't have a lot of meaning behind them.

I would sing 'Visions of Love' over and over for a year straight.

School was not a good experience. I would get bullied. It was really hard for me to get along with people who didn't have the same goals, so I just wanted to get to California.

I think I was super young when I decided I wanted to be in music and be a singer.

I always wanna feel comfortable in my clothes.

I could probably have an idea one day and then go into the studio and really wanna write about just that idea that I have in mind. Or it can vary with just a simple beat and I just do a bunch of melodies on the track that inspire me.

I think, personally for me I always work on the next goal and wanna figure out how to achieve it.

I'm really involved when it comes to creating the video concepts.

Everybody has felt a little sweet but psycho, and I'm sure everybody has been called sweet but psycho.

Sweet But Psycho' blew up pretty much overnight after my 10-year struggle. It's hilarious when people say it was overnight, because it was not overnight.

Like, back in Albania, all my cousins sing, they play the drums, they play guitar, it's like... a thing!

In general, I love dance-pop music with some soul and a dash of R&B.

I don't want to go to the designer that everyone is going to. I want to find a designer that maybe no one's paying attention to... And I'm not afraid to wear something crazy and ridiculous.

Whenever I'm feeling down, I remind myself that my flaws make me perfect, because in reality there is no perfect.

Oh my gosh, I mean, I've had many experiences of men calling me psycho.

So Am I' is sonically like similar to 'Psycho' and energy-wise.

I've been working at this for a while now, so seeing the success of 'Sweet but Psycho' is kind of mind-blowing, but it's exciting.

I feel like I grow wings on stage.

She's been around so long and she doesn't disappoint ever. Gaga also thinks out of the box and that's what the best artists do.

I think we all have different personalities... and even in relationships, we can be called psycho, and we can be called sweet, based on what the person feels about you.

Guys like to gaslight us, and it's not cool. And it happens so much; it's happened to me in relationships. It's happened to me where I have been cheated on, and I felt so sad and angry, like it wasn't my fault, but that was because the person was gaslighting me into thinking it was my fault.

If I can make someone's day brighter, happier, better, that makes me happier.

My heritage has definitely shaped my music and my character in a lot of ways.

My mom cooks traditional Albanian food for every holiday. She's an amazing cook.