Top 60 Bebe Rexha Quotes

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

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.

I know what it takes, and you have to fight for yourself and what you believe in.

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.

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

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.

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

Nothing really scares me anymore.

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

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

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

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

I’m definitely inspired by old hip-hop.

I try to photobomb as much as possible.

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

What I like about the EMAs is that you will never know what happens.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

It was always my dream to be part of MTV and make history.

I’ve been in the room or watched artists walk in who don’t write, and you can’t figure out what they really want.

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.

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

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.

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 just don’t let music genres define me.

I just respect Kanye as an artist.

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.

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.

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

I’m very obsessed with not being perfect.

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

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.

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

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

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.

I want people to be happy.

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 view myself as a male artist.

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.

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

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

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

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.

You need to know when to surrender the album.

I went through that stage of the Mumford & Sons and the Alanis Morissette vibe. I was in a dark place at the time.

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.

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.

I’m constantly hydrating my hair.

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

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