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