“People say I’m too skinny, but if I gain a little weight, they say I look chubby. You can’t please everyone. As long as you’re happy, that’s all that matters.”
“The most beautiful people are those who are truly themselves, and that’s what I want to show my fans.”
“I always make sure my lashes look cute.”
“You should realize that there is only one version of yourself in the world and that your flaws make you beautiful.”
“We don’t really have any big family traditions; just spending time with each other is the most important part.”
“I’m obsessed with make-up, but my top tip doesn’t actually involve any products. Beauty starts with glowing skin, and the way to ruin it is with dirty, clogged make-up brushes.”
“My everyday scent is a unisex perfume by Le Labo.”
“It’s fine if you doubt me. Underestimate me, because then I’ll just impress you, you know.”
“My weirdest scent association is probably Axe Body Spray, because every boy I know wears that stuff, and the smell is so specific! And the loud noise when you spray it! My little brother used to wear it, and the whole house would reek of it for days.”
“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.”
“At the end of the day, if you feel like you’re a good person, and your intentions are good, then that’s all that matters.”
“I’ve always had a passion for music – it’s a real part of me.”
“I’ve really taken time to dive into my heart and my emotions a little more. I think, before, I was a little nervous to open up that box and go, ‘What’s in there,’ you know? Now, that’s what’s made the best music, and that’s what I’ve been able to pull out of parts of myself that I never knew existed.”
“One day, I could be wearing biker boots and a leather outfit, and the next day, I could be wearing a flower dress and sandals.”
“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 love Charli XCX, so getting to work with her was really inspiring.”
“You shouldn’t feel unsafe walking to school. It’s where you should feel safe. Our parents should feel their children are going to be taken care of, looked after.”
“I’ve always liked the really short dresses that are tight up top and poofy at the bottom.”
“I always say when someone says something negative about me, it’s really saying something negative about them.”
“I want to make music that I would like if it came on the radio.”
“I have a very intrusive life, I guess you could say. I think that a lot of people know too much about me, truthfully.”
“90% of my clothes are from vintage stores. It’s not about where you buy but how you look.”
“I stopped using make up wipes, and it made my skin so much better. They messed up my skin big time.”
“When I do sultry, bronzey eyeshadow, my eyes look greener, and when I wear dark or black colors, my eyes get a lot browner.”
“I love unisex perfumes because men don’t realize they’re attracted to the way that other men smell. I’m like, ‘I smell like a dude right now, and you don’t even know!’”
“Something most people don’t know about me is that I’m quite the loner, I would say. I don’t really ever leave my house.”
“I’m not perfect. I’m not polished.”
“Im not big on make up. I only have a make up artist for events.”
“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.”
“I actually wash my face with Johnson’s Baby Shampoo. It’s the best face wash. I swear, it’s so good! I mean, think about it. It’s made for a baby’s head. It smells so good, it’s sensitive, and it gives you a super clean feeling.”
“I take really good care of my hair.”
“I think Chrissy Teigen takes great care of her skin. And so does Hailey Baldwin. They don’t wear a ton of makeup. It’s nice to be confident without it. I admire that.”
“I had to move out of my home in New York when I was 13. I left all my friends, family, my dogs, and summer camp… all that stuff behind. I moved out to L.A. with my mom and brother. That was difficult for me. I think the hardest part was seeing all my friends graduate without me and go to college.”
“I’m more eager to have kids than I am to go back to college. I want to be a mom really badly.”
“I’m not opposed to acting. I do like to act.”
“Most of my songs are written about movies or TV shows – they’re not about me.”
“I just love music – I was always singing and dancing.”
“Being in the studio is my absolute favorite thing.”
“When you’re walking in heels in a long dress, you’re bound to fall at some point.”
“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.”
“I hope it never gets to that point that I’m gonna have people around me that are using me. I’m very good with noticing that.”
“I take off my makeup with coconut oil some nights. It sounds like it would clog your pores, but I swear it’s saved my skin.”
“I use the Tatcha Cleansing Oil. That’s probably what I splurge on the most.”
“I could count on one hand how many times I’ve worked out.”
“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.”
“My collection with Missguided is all about doing you – it was completely my process; I designed the whole thing and didn’t let anybody make decisions for me. I’m creative in my own right, and I wanted the collection to reflect that. The clothes are very much based on my daily wear and are very versatile, as they can be dressed up or down.”
“The worst thing any of us can do for our self-esteem is compare ourselves to others, and that’s especially true of women.”
“’Love’ has always been one of my favorite magazines. When they asked me to be featured in their 2018 Advent calendar, I was so honored because they always feature such iconic women, and to be part of that fills my heart with love and gratitude.”
“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.”
“’Dear Society’ really is my letter to society where I express the anguish I’ve been caused from such an image-based industry and culture we live in.”
“It’s scary being in a room with producers and saying, ‘Here’s my idea,’ when I’m scared to get shot down.”
“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.”
“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 Rihanna’s awesome, and I love her music.”
“Don’t attack a girl because you see one photo of her and a guy in public.”
“I truly believe that diversity is so important, and I hope that I can use my platform to encourage and inspire other aspiring female artists.”
“It feels like I’ve been singing since I was born, and I have so many great memories with my family and friends centred around music.”
“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.”
“Hunan Taste is definitely my favorite restaurant in Long Island.”
“I was very aware of ‘League of Legends’ because my brother plays it a lot, but I hadn’t gotten the chance to play it before.”
“I like to think, hopefully, people agree that I’m fashionable.”
“Basically, little Madison Beer in sixth grade was major, major Belieber status. I literally was obsessed with Justin. I wasn’t crazy-crazy, but I was a big fan of his.”
“I was 13 years old. I feel like I didn’t have a sense of artistry, and I didn’t have a sense of the music that I wanted to make, and every time I’d go into the studio, and I’d make my EP, a month later I’d scrap it and be like, ‘I hate every song. I don’t wanna do it.’ Because that’s how 13-year-olds are.”
“With everything I do, I’m 100 percent involved. I don’t really let anyone just take over and hear what’s going to go on. I like to have full creative control, pretty much, and really be involved with everything.”
“I was home-schooled my whole life, pretty much.”
“I feel like the word ‘influencer’ is something that I’ve – I don’t want to say struggled with, but I’ve kind of, like, expanded on that because I started as a musician. And my following came because of that, so it’s always been, like, musician first and, I guess, social-media influencer second.”
“I would definitely say I’m predominantly a pop artist, obviously, but my music is different. It’s not just top-40-radio-type music.”
“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 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.”
“I like a lot of weird songs.”
“Not every girl who wears makeup feels like, ‘Oh, I’m so ugly without it.’ I wear makeup because it’s fun to put on, and I feel pretty with it on.”
“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.”
“I always said that I want to sell out Madison Square Garden before I turn 21.”
“I want to do things that are true to me and give people a sense of who I am.”
“I’m never on my phone, really.”
“I’m from Long Island, which is a very cookie-cutter place.”
“I like when my freckles show or when I do shoots and they accentuate them. It’s such a compliment.”
“I used to just let people tell me what to do. I didn’t really have a mind of my own, and I couldn’t really say yes or no to things because I didn’t really know what I wanted, but now I feel really confident in the fact that I can really be distinctive on what I want and how I want to do things.”
“One thing I love about Lady Gaga is I feel like her sound is always evolving and changing with her and her phases of life.”
“I’m very much focused on my career.”
“I would like to perform at the Nassau Coliseum; that’s the goal.”
“A lot of people are really focused on me. I always say, ‘Why focus on someone more than yourself?’”
“I want to get a master’s degree in… psychology.”
“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.’”
“It’s important to drive your own ship, and it’s your career, so you might as well take it by the reins.”
“When I was 13, I posted a video of myself singing a Bruno Mars song on YouTube.”
“’Melodies’ is just about having fun! The song’s message is about being who you are and having a blast. I had such a great time recording it – I’m glad it’s my first single.”
“People would expect me to be this ditzy, bubblegum-pop girl. I was selling myself short.”
“I honestly believe going independent is the future. Social is changing, Spotify is changing, everything is changing.”
“I just love music. I think it’s art.”
“In Long Island, people care about how much money you have. Even I did when I was growing up. I never wanted kids to see my mom’s house because I was embarrassed that they’d tell everyone, ‘Oh, Madison’s mom is poor!’ And she was definitely far from poor.”
“I wanted to convey the message of how I do what I want and how I run my own business, and I’m a woman in charge. I want all of my fans to know that that’s possible and feel empowered when they listen to my music.”
“Of course I write from experience, but I also do write from things that have happened in the world.”
“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.”
“I hate nothing more than feeling rushed to write a song or feeling like I have to write a song.”
“Do what you want to do, and don’t feel pressure to do what other people want.”
“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!”
“To my younger self, I would say not to be so hard on yourself. I think that you are your biggest critic.”
“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.”
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