Ava Max

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

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

“Female empowerment is very strong in my life and that's how I am.”

“I never felt like an Amanda.”

“Really, I just want to help my family, my friends and people in general.”

“When I'm on stage I become a different beast.”

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

“I think you should never really feel like you've 'made it.'”

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

“It's important to do something outside the box, and maybe that'll inspire people do also do something outside the box.”

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

“I am straight up, unapologetically pop.”

“Shooting the 'Torn' music video was a dream come true.”

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

“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.”

“When I saw Beyonce, she did a two-hour show singing and dancing - it was like my mouth just wouldn't close. I was like, 'OK, I'm drooling,' like, it's so good. Oh my God. No one's better. I'm sorry.”

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

“It is sometimes fun when you party and listen to those fun songs but they don't have a lot of meaning behind them.”

“I think for me personally, I have a lot sides to me.”

“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.”