Rita Ora Quotes

I don't think I could do a reality show, no.

I've always been into looking different.

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

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.

I am committed to glamour.

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

The worst thing is when a guy just looks awkward. It's not attractive.

Women love an honest man.

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

My spirit animal... probably like a turtle, because I have no concept of time.

I'd love to go on a safari - [I've] never been on a safari.

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.

I love nature, so I'd love to go out and just look at things and not care what I look like.

Beyoncé built her f–king foundation from the bottom. I think that’s the exact career every female artist wants to have.

I have always liked the contrast between being blonde and having dark features.

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

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 dyed my hair blonde when I was 14. My mom was not happy. But I love being blonde.

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

I really have paid my dues! When I get to stay in fancy hotel suites these days I remind myself of that.

It's hard to balance all my projects because you don't really get to see a lot of family and friends. You have to sacrifice your social life and also a lot of sleep. You have to learn how to sleep off no sleep. It's like, what do you want in life? I always ask myself that. "What do you want to do when you're 40?" I don't want to work forever when I'm 40. I want to just be able to chill when I'm old. It's always been a dream of mine to have kids and make sure that they're all right.

I have had young fascinations but never love.

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

I'm most scared of failing, of disappointing people.

When it comes down to the music, it's just you and the microphone. It's not you and the record execs.

I'm often mistaken for Spanish or Latin descent.

My mum and my dad are the sweetest couple.

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

Everything evolves naturally in life. It's not limited to beauty or music. The more experience you get, the more you find out about yourself. Everything becomes more and more an expression of the real you. I can play different characters. Sometimes I feel tomboy or glam or playful. When you perform, you can convey emotions differently, and your look can reflect each of those emotions.

It's nice to always make an effort when you get photographed.

The public's not stupid.

All I can do is take influences from where I was raised.

I don't know what it feels like not to have a great family support system - I was lucky to have that.

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.

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.

For me, music comes naturally. I always just get in the studio and I feel like, wow, this is my heaven.

I'd like to be the Princess. But I want a nice black crown, not a pink crown because I hate pink. I wanna be the naughty Princess from Roc Nation.

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

I'd love to sponsor a dolphin.

I’ve always tried to be independent. It’s just my personality. I’ve always been the type to motivate the camp. I’ve always wanted to be the fuel for something—for music, the fuel for my family, the fuel for my best friend. Helping someone with what I’m doing.

When I was a kid, I'd spray paint my hair, cut clothes up.

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

Stand naked in front of the mirror and say, 'I'm f–king sexy.' That's where it starts.