“I always say when someone says something negative about me, it’s really saying something negative about them.”

It breaks my heart that some of my fans think that because they love me and they idolize me, they have to be just like me and dress like me and act like me.

To my younger self, I would say not to be so hard on yourself. I think that you are your biggest critic.

I want to do things that are true to me and give people a sense of who I am.

I usually go to sleep with wet hair. When I wake up, it either has a really pretty wave, or I look like a poodle.

Do what you want to do, and don’t feel pressure to do what other people want.

I like to think, hopefully, people agree that I’m fashionable.

I want to be role model for people to be like, ‘I don’t need a major label to be a successful artist and to have a successful song.’

I’ve definitely had my fair share of guys being a little too much with me, and they think just because they follow me on Instagram, they know me.

I just love music – I was always singing and dancing.

There was a time in my career when I felt like I wasn’t being true to myself. I was being moulded into an artist I wasn’t, and I knew I had to do everything I wanted to do. I think that’s an issue a lot of women face, and men do have it easier in a lot of ways.

I think my fans inspire me a lot. They’re a huge part of my career. I wouldn’t be where I am without them, so I try to feed off what they’re going through. I read their tweets and Instagrams.

Every time I feel like I’m gaining a bit of weight, I’ll eat healthily for, like, 3 days. Then I’ll be like, ‘Oh, I look skinny again.’ Then I’ll go back to eating bad, but I tell myself it’s OK, I’m only 19, so I can do it while I can.

I’m very much focused on my career.

I feel like, with makeup, I really picked it up on my own. There’s no one really in my family – my grandma is probably the closest – who loves makeup like I do.

It’s fine if you doubt me. Underestimate me, because then I’ll just impress you, you know.

The song ‘Tyler Durden’ is about the movie ‘Fight Club,’ so obviously, it’s not a personal experience, but I love that song. It’s my favorite song.

Responding instead of reacting empowers us.

Many people may talk, but only few can practice whatever they have said.

Strange, though I am saved from sin, I am not saved from sinning.

Ask not of things to shed their veils. Unveil yourselves, and things will be unveiled.

My heart can take on any form: A meadow for gazelles, A cloister for monks, For the idols, sacred ground, Ka’ba for the circling pilgrim, The tables of the Torah, The scrolls of the Quran. My creed is Love; Wherever its caravan turns along the way, That is my belief, My faith.

When Love gives, it gives all; when it takes, it takes all. It’s very taking is giving.

In knowing God, each of us also knows himself.

The things you own end up owning you.