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Rita Ora [1990-0] British
Rank: 101
Musician, Singer


Rita Sahatçiu Ora is a British singer and actress. Her debut studio album, Ora, released in 2012, debuted at number one in the United Kingdom. The album contained the UK number-one singles, "R.I.P." and "How We Do". 

Funny, Patience, Sad, Teacher



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I don't get jealous - I get suspicious.
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Every person has a signature. Just some people don't know it yet.
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You always have to sacrifice something when you want to achieve something.
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I never think too hard about a look. When you consider an outfit too much, that's when it goes wrong.
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Know yourself; keep your circle tight. Keep your friends and your work circle tight.
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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.
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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. Funny
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Clothes are fun. The designers have so much fun making them, you should have fun wearing them, too.
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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.
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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.
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I really admire people who have long-distance relationships. It's an incredible achievement. I couldn't do it.
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I have always liked the contrast between being blonde and having dark features.
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It's a terrible feeling being lonely.
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I've always been into looking different.
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Listen, sharing my life with people is just part of my daily routine.
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I end up doing selfies 'cause I am so sad. Sad
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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.
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I just wanted to be an artist. I didn't care how or what; I just wanted to express my artistic integrity, and I wanted the world to have a vision of what I was seeing in my mind.
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Girls have always wanted to be pretty, even in Egyptian times. Cleopatra wore all that eyeliner, you know.
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I walked into this industry blond with red lips, and I will leave this industry blond with red lips. Mark my words.
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I'm very private.
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I have had young fascinations but never love.
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All I can do is take influences from where I was raised.
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I'm most scared of failing, of disappointing people.
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Women love an honest man.
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I was signed at 18 and had to grow up quickly.
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The public's not stupid.
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You can tell an honest artist from one who's just given all their songs.
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Madonna, Michael Jackson, Tina Turner, Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe - they were myths of greatness.
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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.
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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.
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I don't know what flirting is, really. Sometimes in women, friendliness comes across as flirting. That is not what it is.
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Roc Nation is such an incredible, unique team, especially in the music industry. Everyone genuinely loves and cares about each other.
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I admire Rihanna.
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It's nice to always make an effort when you get photographed.
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I'm not going to have a baby until I'm around 30-something.
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When it comes down to the music, it's just you and the microphone. It's not you and the record execs.
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I don't know what it feels like not to have a great family support system - I was lucky to have that.
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I'm often mistaken for Spanish or Latin descent.
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I don't really have that many judgements on things, or crazy statements that I feel like I have to put across.
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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.
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The first album I bought was the Spice Girls, ha ha.
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'Roc The Life' is a song I wrote with The Dream, who made 'Umbrella,' 'Single Ladies' and loads more.
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I love masculine cuts with suits and chunky jewellery. My hair is so glam, it balances it out, and it's comfy!
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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.'
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Unfortunately, being a brand is really important nowadays.
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I love eating at my dad's pub, the Queens Arms in Kilburn. It does a traditional Albanian spinach pie.
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The best thing Jay-Z ever taught me was patience. Patience
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I was always getting told off by my choir teacher for, you know, riffing when I shouldn't. Teacher
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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.
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I'm very spontaneous. I go with my gut.
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To save your own hair, wigs are literally the way forward.
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Music expresses - you express yourself with music.
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I love the Scottish accent; it is very sexy.
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One day I will settle down, when I have achieved everything I wanted.
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I'm scared of a lot of things.
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A New Yorker is anyone who has the guts to really live in the city.
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I don't feel like myself without the red lip. I feel like I'm taking a risk or something without it.
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I was always that girl who loved music and thought of music as an escape route.
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For me, a fragrance is another way of leaving an impression on somebody.
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I dyed my hair blonde when I was 14. My mom was not happy. But I love being blonde.
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I really have paid my dues. When I get to stay in fancy hotel suites these days, I remind myself of that.
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I don't think I could do a reality show, no.
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The worst thing is when a guy just looks awkward. It's not attractive.
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When I was a kid, I'd spray paint my hair, cut clothes up.
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My mum and my dad are the sweetest couple.
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I am committed to glamour.
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You have to take care of your body.
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There was a point in school when I was, like, thirteen, that I didn't feel comfortable at all.
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I think that if you've got a great support system around you, and a great family, and a tight team around you, I think you don't get lost.
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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.
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I never knew how small L.A. was until I started to work here.
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I'm basically just a normal girl from West London who speaks from her heart and who loves music.
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I don't really remember much about Kosovo. I only remember growing up in London, where my parents had to basically start from scratch.
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I don't ever use dancers, and when I do, it's literally, like, four break dancers.
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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.
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I got obsessed with makeup and makeup artists when I was young, with people like Kevyn Aucoin.
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I feel like I'm a character already, as in, like, I love dressing up.
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If I could live in a cabaret, I would. If I could live in 'Moulin Rouge,' I would.
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People like Prince don't have to care about anything, but they care because they want music for the future to be great.
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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.
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I love my pop music.
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'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.'
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Gwen Stefani's style and flow I just love. She is so cool to me!
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I'm like a dude. Jordans are my favorite. I wear them all the time for shows. I can get girly-girly when I want to, but I can't perform in heels. I would bust my face open on stage, and we don't want that.
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One time I tried to use the bathroom in the dark, and I missed the toilet, and I fell on the floor.
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I'm too busy for relationships.
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Beyonce is this massive star, but she's incredibly humble. But it's weird because even though I love her, she's my boss's wife.
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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.
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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.
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You know what a wifey means? It's like your other half. Like when you get married, like, that's your wife!
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I am normally the manly-ish girl on the planet.
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I'd love to be the female Kanye. I think he's so cool and effortless.
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I like to call myself a 360-degree artist. I'm a musician, but I have other things I do, too.
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I'm a real goof-ball deep down. It's always been my thing to make people like me.
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People always ask me: 'Do you have black in you? Do you have Spanish in you?'
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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.
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I think people take the word 'feminist' really seriously, and I think people are scared to use that word.
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When your time comes, you need to grab it with both hands.
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Social media is so influential now.
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To me, I have my friends who I've known my whole life, and I can count them on one hand. They're people I went to school with, my mum's friends' daughters. You know?
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American Apparel does great colourful basics that you can customise.
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Chanel is my ultimate weakness.
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I used to wait in line for Jordans. That's how much of a freak I was.
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I've loved music. It was my first everything, but fashion and clothes is just the next step.
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I'd love to do a whole soundtrack to a movie.
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I think it's a big deal to have a great soundtrack for a movie.
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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.
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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.
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My first tour sold out in Glasgow, and they were one of the loudest. I couldn't hear myself.
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Nothing comfortable is worth wearing to the Met Ball.
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Anytime I go on Twitter, there's always the good but the bad as well.
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I don't vocalise things that don't deserve attention.
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Twitter... can ruin your life.
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When you're involved with someone for a while, and they decided to express their feelings to the public - that's not my personal way of therapy, but I guess everyone takes split-ups differently.
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In this industry, all the heads of labels are men, but every artist has to prove themselves, regardless of their sex. I have always been very vocal about the women sticking together.
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I was completely shocked that Prince would even know my name.
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A music video is so different to doing a movie.
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I get so nervous, I get belly pains before I go on stage.
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I'm the weirdest person.
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I watched 'Kill Bill,' like, three times.
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I have 20 wigs at home that I play with.
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When I perform, I usually wear wigs because I love them.
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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.
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You have to come to terms with loving your body.
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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.
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Streetwear for me is what I was raised wearing in London, and my style influences growing up were always people who wore streetwear.
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I love getting dressed up and glamorous for the red carpet. It makes me feel powerful and sexy!
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Growing up in London was the best.
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You should communicate with your other one. Understanding what they are on about is pretty key.
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I love how you can look different, and it changes your mood.
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If I can help one person, why wouldn't I?
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I always remember smelling Chanel No. 5 at home - my mum used to literally pour it, and she rocked it.
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What I'll remember about New York is growing up really fast.
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I mix my fragrances with body oils - I love body oils, so that's my little trick.
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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?
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Kerastase and Bed Head have really good products.
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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.
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I just love pretty things, whether it is art, a song or a pair of shoes.
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If you really want something, you'll make it work.
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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.
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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.
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My childhood was great, my family was great. I wasn't in a mansion, but we made it work.
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When people come to my shows, they're like, 'I can't believe you can actually freaking sing!'
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There are bigger queens of the selfie, but I'm up there.
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Every girl, without fail, loves to look at a sexy picture of herself.
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Everyone wants a love song you can dance to.
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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.
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I think music will thrive where it wants to.
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The album is never finished until it's on the shelves!
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When you perform, you can convey emotions differently, and your look can reflect each of those emotions.
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I will always love red lips.
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I try to do one thing a day that makes me proud of myself.
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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.
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A steamer is like an inhaler, so you can inhale this oil or frankincense or eucalyptus. Before I go onstage, I spend half an hour taking in that steam, and it saves my life!
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I'm a huge Bruce Springsteen and Duran Duran fan.
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I'm just very good at pretending.
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Sometimes I see people writing the most ridiculous things about me.
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Fashion is this obsessive narrative that people don't understand but they can't stop looking at.
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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.
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To me, British fashion has a story. It has history, and I feel it's very much about our culture.
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I love how music and fashion are so similar. We need each other.
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Women love an honest man. An honest man that isn't afraid to say, 'Men get hurt too.' And a lot of men don't admit that.
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My beauty icons - and this sounds cheesy - have a beauty that comes from inside.
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It took me a while to understand that I do have a voice, and I can use it to help people.
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I can't cook.
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Between sixteen and eighteen, I was singing anywhere I could, in bars or down at the pub.
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The music industry is very small.
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I don't want people to think that someone gives me something to wear, and I'll put it on.
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Being a Mum is a big job.
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I just want to be in a relationship.
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I speak fluent Kosovan.
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