Dance Moms' Maddie Ziegler, Kendall Vertes & Nia Sioux Dish On Abby Lee Miller's Advice

Maddie Ziegler jumps high in the air in this shot from the February 2016 issue of Seventeen mag.

In the glossy, the 13-year-old dancer/actress, and co-stars Kendall Vertes and Nia Sioux open up about the drama and the piece of advice from Abby Lee Miller they take to heart.

“You have to block out the drama and let it go through one ear and out the other,” Maddie shared. “Realize that girls create it just because. They probably don’t even mean it.”

Kendall added, “You only live once so you can’t worry about it. Life is just too short.”

And about Abby Lee‘s advice: ‘Put your heart out on a platter and let people stab it’?

“She uses that saying to teach us to never to hold back,” Nia shared. “Not everyone is going to like you, but you can’t be afraid of that.”

“I know it sounds really intense, but it’s pretty much saying, ‘Don’t be afraid to put yourself out there,’” Maddie added.