Ariana Madix

“You can't just be a pretty person in L.A.”

“I want to make enough money to be able to take care of my mom and my brother and any other family members who may or may not need it.”

“So many people work two and three jobs. I'm lucky to be able to work and do things that I really love and enjoy.”

“I think that the more I learn and grow as a woman, and the older I get, the more I realize just how important those female friendships are.”

“I really love Stassi the human.”

“Any feeling of empowerment comes from within.”

“If you've been cheated on in a relationship, one of the most difficult things is to eventually learn about the multiple points of deception that took place - the countless times smoke and mirrors were put in front of you.”

“I want people to know it's cool to come up to me and say hi.”

“It's like the universe does not let you not learn the lesson that you need to learn, and it keeps shoving it in your face, and trusting my intuition is one that it will never... I got to learn it.”

“There were nights when we were blasting Beyonce's 'Lemonade' to the point where I thought maybe we were going to break the speakers in the house and just like screaming the lyrics at the top of our lungs, and then there were days where I couldn't eat, I couldn't sleep.”

“Being in Fiji is very different from being in L.A.”

“My team would be like, 'This is a really great offer from Bic, look at it.' And I'd say, 'It is a fantastic offer, but even if it wasn't, I'm not in a position to say no right now, because I have to make myself financially stable from now until kingdom come.'”

“I've been watching Kelly Ripa since I was very, very young, and I've always looked up to her and thought, 'Wow, her career is so amazing.'”

“Music is something that, I mean, I think most people just, there's something about connecting with music that's unlike anything else, and I'm someone who just, I don't know how to explain how pivotal music is for me, just in all aspects of life.”

“As much as it is difficult to put yourself in a vulnerable situation, I've always found that something that is really scary is always, ultimately, the way to go.”

“I think I love change.”

“I definitely feel as though my friends have put me in the best position to be able to heal and grow, and I'm honestly just looking forward. Only forward, not back.”

“Every day, I try to remember all the ways I am blessed, beyond the chaos and bad things that happen. I take inventory and remember the wonderful people who love me.”

“There are wars going on, there's famine. There's way more important things. But at the same time, I understand why people want that pop culture escape. And it is news.”

“Obviously, I'm not behind the bar like I used to be. But something that I always loved about that job was the creative process. Sometimes I wasn't as excited to be working for tips and sometimes that can be exhausting and sometimes that can be soul sucking if you feel like you're not having a great night.”