22 Quotes & Sayings By Rita Ora

Rita Ora is a Grammy award-winning singer and songwriter. She has sold over 8.5 million records, and started her music career in 2009. She has collaborated with The Weeknd, Calvin Harris, Stargate and many more. Rita Ora is currently working on her third studio album and is also part of the V Festival line up this summer.

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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. Rita Ora
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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. Rita Ora
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Gwen Stefani's style and flow I just love. She is so cool to me! Rita Ora
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I'd love to be the female Kanye. I think he's so cool and effortless. Rita Ora
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I was always getting told off by my choir teacher for, you know, riffing when I shouldn't. Rita Ora
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The best thing Jay-Z ever taught me was patience. Rita Ora
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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. Rita Ora
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Daphne Guinness was amazingly comfortable in her skin, and she has an amazing collection in fashion that I wish I could just touch. Rita Ora
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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. Rita Ora
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I wouldn't want to do an average fashion line. I'd want it to be an amazing piece of art. Rita Ora
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If I'm not working and getting my makeup done, that's my chance to do a hair mask and a face mask and my plucking and waxing and all of that. Rita Ora
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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. Rita Ora
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I just love pretty things, whether it is art, a song or a pair of shoes. Rita Ora
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I end up doing selfies 'cause I am so sad. Rita Ora
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I dyed my hair blonde when I was 14. My mom was not happy. But I love being blonde. Rita Ora
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It was my dad's idea to change my name from Sahatciu to Ora. He said it would be easier to pronounce. Rita Ora
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My mum and my dad are the sweetest couple. Rita Ora
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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. Rita Ora
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I love eating at my dad's pub, the Queens Arms in Kilburn. It does a traditional Albanian spinach pie. Rita Ora
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My dad took on every job he could get. He worked like mad. But then, at some point, he had saved up enough to open his first pub. Rita Ora
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I've been going to Bicester Village since I was young. My mum and dad really loved that place, and I always used to stock up on clothes. I love the fact that it supports great British designers. Rita Ora