Zara Larsson

“We have a history of great producers - ABBA and Max Martin - we have proof of people being successful from Sweden.”

“I think whatever you love the most is where you should spend your money.”

“I'm still so young, so I feel like people have wanted to keep me in a 'no-makeup' fresh type of look - sometimes artists are a little afraid of really putting the makeup on me.”

“I think she's so cool, but I personally don't think I sound like Rihanna! But when I first released my music, I did get that comparison a lot. I never really thought about that, but it's a good thing. She's awesome.”

“Beyonce's the only contemporary artist that I really, really idolize.”

“I don't really have a type. I don't want to be a cliche. But personality is a big thing for me. You can find cute guys all over. But he's got to have some sort of sense of humor, which is so hard to find in a guy. He's got to be a bit smart.”

“Sweden will always be my home, since my childhood there was like a fairytale, so I'll always go back to it.”

“I have some friends, and they're super-hipster. And they're like, 'All I wanna do is sing in a jazz bar and to just make it to pay for the rent.' And I'm like, 'Cool... That's not what I wanna do. I want as many people as possible to go to my concert.'”

“For me, it's actually really hard to write about my real experience. Like to do a Taylor Swift. You know what I mean? It's so brave to actually write about things that happened and things you wanna get off your chest, but I'm not really there yet.”

“People say, 'Oh you're so good, and you're so young!' It's like, 'No. I'm good. Period!'”

“My dream is to stand in front of 60,000 people in an arena and know that everyone came because they wanted to make memories with me.”

“In my personal life, I would just feel like, I will always be cool with everyone.”

“In the car on my way to the studio, I was listening to 'Where Are U Now' with Justin Bieber and Jack U, so I was like, 'Wow, this is such a banger.' I loved the thought of having a ballad at the beginning and then just a massive drop.”

“That's a beautiful thing. The more successful you are, the more people are going to come and be a part of music.”

“If I have a day off, I'll get up at three in the afternoon and make some noodles. I fix my makeup and then party until 5 A.M.”

“I've always just wanted people to look at me.”

“It really is a dream coming true, being on Billboard.”

“I'd like to sell out worldwide stadium tours. That'd be something. Or to have sixty number ones on Billboard.”

“Could you imagine being from Siberia? Like, a small part of Russia, where it's like, 'When was the last time Russia was having a super big international pop star in the U.S.?' I don't know, but I can name a few from Sweden. I think that gives us a lot of confidence in being pop stars because we're like, 'Oh, we actually can. We know we can.'”

“I like to spend as much time with my friends and family as possible.”