Quotes from Rita Ora

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

Twitter... can ruin your life.

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

I'm often mistaken for Spanish or Latin descent.

People always ask me: 'Do you have black in you? Do you have Spanish in you?'

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

'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.'

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

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?

Being a Mum is a big job.

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.

The music industry is very small.

I like to call myself a 360-degree artist. I'm a musician, but I have other things I do, too.

I'm very spontaneous. I go with my gut.

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

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

Women love an honest man.

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

Unfortunately, being a brand is really important nowadays.

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

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

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!

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

I got obsessed with makeup and makeup artists when I was young, with people like Kevyn Aucoin.