Rita Ora Quotes

I've loved music. It was my first everything, but fashion and clothes is just the next step.

I literally touched down in Kosovo and the president, prime minister and mayor were waiting for me to get off the plane. Apparently that's unheard of. They don't wait for nobody.

Every person has a signature. Just some people don't know it yet.

I'm a massive fragrance fan - I think fragrance is part of someone's hygiene, and I'm a big believer in leaving an impression through scent.

I just want to be in a relationship.

The best thing Jay-Z ever taught me was patience.

I think the good thing about Macklemore is that he is very precise about what he gets involved in. As you can tell, he's very passionate about what he puts his name on, because he talks about things people don't usually talk about, and his concepts are very, very passionate.

I don't vocalise things that don't deserve attention.

I love eating at my dad's pub, the Queens Arms in Kilburn. It does a traditional Albanian spinach pie.

Conquering America for a U.K. artist is incredible because that's what everybody wants and dreams about. The accomplishment is dominating a market which you aren't familiar with.

American Apparel does great colourful basics that you can customise.

Know yourself; keep your circle tight. Keep your friends and your work circle tight.

If I can help one person, why wouldn't I?

I'm very private.

What I'll remember about New York is growing up really fast.

Chanel is my ultimate weakness.

I'm basically just a normal girl from West London who speaks from her heart and who loves music.

To save your own hair, wigs are literally the way forward.

My beauty icons - and this sounds cheesy - have a beauty that comes from inside.

Roc Nation is such an incredible, unique team, especially in the music industry. Everyone genuinely loves and cares about each other.

To me, British fashion has a story. It has history, and I feel it's very much about our culture.

I was always that girl who loved music and thought of music as an escape route.

One time I tried to use the bathroom in the dark, and I missed the toilet, and I fell on the floor.

Women love an honest man.

You can be forgotten very quickly. So I am aware that I need to stay current, keep connecting, and keep bringing things to the table ... Otherwise, you can just disappear.

A New Yorker is anyone who has the guts to really live in the city.

I think I've always been fine on stage - though I get nervous beforehand. But once I'm on stage, all of that goes out of the window.

Between sixteen and eighteen, I was singing anywhere I could, in bars or down at the pub.

Twitter ... can ruin your life.

I'm a real goof-ball deep down. It's always been my thing to make people like me.

'Glamour's always special to me; they gave me one of my first U.K. covers, and I was so excited when I found out I got a cover for it, so, I always, always have a special place in my heart for 'Glamour.'

To me, it doesn't matter who you are or where you're from - if you're a good person and you got my back, I got yours.

When you perform, you can convey emotions differently, and your look can reflect each of those emotions.

The music industry is very small.

I really admire people who have long-distance relationships. It's an incredible achievement. I couldn't do it.

Everyone wants a love song you can dance to.

Fashion is this obsessive narrative that people don't understand but they can't stop looking at.

I walked into this industry blond with red lips, and I will leave this industry blond with red lips. Mark my words.

I was always getting told off by my choir teacher for, you know, riffing when I shouldn't.

Gwen Stefani's style and flow I just love. She is so cool to me!

Growing up in London was the best.

I love getting dressed up and glamorous for the red carpet. It makes me feel powerful and sexy!

I am normally the manly-ish girl on the planet.

Unfortunately, being a brand is really important nowadays.

I was in Boots buying contact lens solution, and my mobile went off. It was Jay-Z's partner at Roc Nation asking me what I was up to. He asked if I'd been to America, and I said, 'No.' Then he said, 'I'm putting you on a flight to New York tomorrow.'

I get so nervous, I get belly pains before I go on stage.

I wouldn't want to do an average fashion line. I'd want it to be an amazing piece of art.

Before every show, I have to put perfume on. I know the crowd's not necessarily going to smell me, but when I smell good, I feel like I can dominate the room.

My dad wanted me to go down a more academic route. He is very much about sticking to the rule book and sticking to the blueprint of a successful career.

True beauty is knowing who you are and believing in yourself. Happy people know their purpose, have courage to fight for it and strength to keep going.

If you really want something, you'll make it work.

Listen, sharing my life with people is just part of my daily routine.

Music expresses - you express yourself with music.

The public's not stupid.

Some people may look at you almost like a fantasy at times, you know; some people don't think you're real. Because people forget that celebrities are humans too, sometimes.

I'm really excited to be chosen as a VEVO LIFT artist. It's a great opportunity to reach millions more music fans with my sound and let them see the real Rita.

One day I will settle down, when I have achieved everything I wanted.

I love the idea of being part of a campaign that captures the spirit of New York and the stories of women here, passionate about their dreams.

Eyebrows are really important because they structure the face. In school it was funny because I was always the one walking around with tweezers plucking my girlfriends' eyebrows. I was really good; eyebrow tweezing runs in my family - my mother used to do mine, and I picked it up.

I'm just very good at pretending.

I don't want people to think that someone gives me something to wear, and I'll put it on.

I have a few properties, some in the U.K., some in the States, some in Kosovo. It's a nice little empire - I'm trying to create something so my family can be all right.

I love how music and fashion are so similar. We need each other.

I love how you can look different, and it changes your mood.

When I record music I like to be in one place and kind of have a base to keep going back to.

Being a Mum is a big job.

Everyone thinks their mom is a superhero, and l feel like I want to be just like my mom. A superhero. She's a very strong lady.

I watched 'Kill Bill,' like, three times.

I love sharing my life with my followers. Hopefully, they are following me because they genuinely want to know me. It's a way to connect with fans that wasn't available just a few years ago.

Anytime I go on Twitter, there's always the good but the bad as well.

You have to take care of your body.

There are bigger queens of the selfie, but I'm up there.

I don't really have that many judgements on things, or crazy statements that I feel like I have to put across.

I don't know how 'X Factor' works. I was only there as a guest judge for a day. But I watched 'The Voice' a lot; I respected how it came across on TV, and I love the freedom we get as coaches to do what we want.

You know what a wifey means? It's like your other half. Like when you get married, like, that's your wife!

I don't know what flirting is, really. Sometimes in women, friendliness comes across as flirting. That is not what it is.

I love masculine cuts with suits and chunky jewellery. My hair is so glam, it balances it out, and it's comfy!

I'm scared of a lot of things.

I have had young fascinations but never love.

I just love pretty things, whether it is art, a song or a pair of shoes.

I used to do ballet all the time, and I do this ballet workout: it is an amazing thing called Barrecore. It is like pulsing. It turns your legs into, like, jelly, and you feel like a Bambi; you lose so much control over your body because you're pulsing so much.

'Roc The Life' is a song I wrote with The Dream, who made 'Umbrella,' 'Single Ladies' and loads more.

The first album I bought was the Spice Girls, ha ha.

It was so much fun working with Rimmel. We're inspired by many of the same things: fashion, color, sounds, style, life in general, and London in particular.

It was my dad's idea to change my name from Sahatciu to Ora. He said it would be easier to pronounce.

I think it's a big deal to have a great soundtrack for a movie.

Jessie J is a great, great girl. I'm a friend and have always been a fan of hers. I'm happy to see her doing her thing.

When I was younger, I did my first audition at 'Eurovision.' I was about 17. After my first audition, I blacked out; I was just like, 'I can't do this.' I'm not knocking it or anything - it's been around for years. I'm just very, very happy I made that decision myself. I think that's one of the best decisions I've ever made.

There was a point in school when I was, like, thirteen, that I didn't feel comfortable at all.

When I perform, I usually wear wigs because I love them.

I'm a huge Bruce Springsteen and Duran Duran fan.

I was signed at 18 and had to grow up quickly.

It's a terrible feeling being lonely.

You can tell an honest artist from one who's just given all their songs.

I'm not going to have a baby until I'm around 30-something.

I'd love to go and camp out and live in a tent in the middle of nowhere and see how long I could live and survive.

I'm too busy for relationships.

Without my music, no doors would have opened, so I am forever grateful, and I am always going to be singing. But yeah, when the other doors open, why not walk through?

I'd love to sponsor a dolphin.

Clothes are fun. The designers have so much fun making them, you should have fun wearing them, too.