“I have a very intrusive life, I guess you could say. I think that a lot of people know too much about me, truthfully.”

There will be slow songs, sad songs, happy songs, songs about boys, and songs about being who you are. I’m making sure I’m happy with all of the songs, because if I am not happy with them, I can’t expect anyone else to be, you know?

I think it’s important for people to be themselves and express themselves through their makeup or their hair or their perfume or whatever it may be.

I’m more eager to have kids than I am to go back to college. I want to be a mom really badly.

I always make sure my lashes look cute.

Something that I’ve learned to love about myself is my freckles. I used to absolutely hate them; I even looked into ways I could get them removed.

I’m so proud of ‘As She Pleases.’ It’s a really personal record, and I put so much of myself into it that; it feels like I am sharing part of my soul with the world by releasing it.

People think Selena and The Weeknd are dating for publicity, and that’s not how things works. These are real human beings. They don’t just date to get more famous. They’re already the most famous artists!

I could count on one hand how many times I’ve worked out.

It’s your career, your face, your name. You have to be in control because if something gets messed up or something doesn’t look how you want it to, you’re the only one to blame.

I honestly believe going independent is the future. Social is changing, Spotify is changing, everything is changing.

Being in the studio is my absolute favorite thing.

Of course I write from experience, but I also do write from things that have happened in the world.

I’m not big on make up. I only have a make up artist for events.

It’s important to drive your own ship, and it’s your career, so you might as well take it by the reins.

The worst thing any of us can do for our self-esteem is compare ourselves to others, and that’s especially true of women.

I only have a stylist when I go to big events, but even then, I give them moodboards to show exactly how I want to look, so I’m mostly in control. I dress myself on a daily basis, though.

Nothing is more tragic than failure to discover one’s true business in life, or to find that one has drifted or been forced by circumstance into an uncongenial calling.

Live a life that makes you feel proud when you discuss your past with your children in the future.

Spirituality does not mean becoming barren. Only a person who is full of life and joy can be truly free.

Sometimes we can choose the paths we follow. Sometimes our choices are made for us. And sometimes we have no choice at all.

There’s something tragic about you. Your feeling for the absolute. You were made to believe in God and spend your life in a convent.

Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There’s no better rule.

This is the most profound question in life: ‘What is the nature of my existence?’

If I take death into my life, acknowledge it, and face it squarely, I will free myself from the anxiety of death and the pettiness of life – and only then will I be free to become myself.