Dua Lipa Quotes
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Success, to me, is just doing things that I'm really proud of.
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I've always been very much in control of my music and my image, and I think one of the things I've been lucky about is I didn't bring a label on board until I really figured out who I was.
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I was 11 and living in Kosovo. I knew I wanted to perform but didn't feel like I could do it there. So I moved back to London on my own at 15, carried on going to school, and started posting cover songs online. I had no idea how I was going to become a performer, but I felt like I had so many more opportunities being in London.
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If I wasn't a singer, I would be a fairy princess.
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I always told myself never to have a plan B - I feel like that's also one of the reasons I'm doing what I'm doing now, because I just never really rested until I got here.
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My goal is to get my music out to as many people as possible. That a song of mine is being played on the radio so far away from home really, really pushes me. It's everything I've dreamed of.
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I never really wanted to base success on charts and chart positioning. For me, it's really about the shows and seeing them grow.
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I dated this guy who literally would never eat a single vegetable. I was like, 'This is terrible. You eat like a five-year-old.'
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I feel like I wear kind of the same things on stage that I would wear every day, unless I'm being lazy, and then I just wear trackies. But actually, if I'm honest, I wouldn't really walk down Kilburn High Street in a leotard, and I would wear that onstage.
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I can't dance. If I try, I'll trip onstage.
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My parents never pushed me towards music. I feel like, growing up in a musical household and always being surrounded by it, I was always kind of a performer child. I remember my parents would have guests over, and they would bring their kids, and I would make sure that we were ready to put a show on.
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Social media can sometimes influence the charts, but I think that only great music makes it to the top. The good songs make it.
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I always wanted the flowiness that hip-hop artists had. I always admired how they rapped so fast, but I never wanted to rap; I wanted to sing the rap.
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I get a bit insecure if I feel like there's too much makeup on my face or if I feel like I'm cakey.
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I spend a lot of time in bed when I'm off. But if I'm feeling adventurous, I'll go to a gallery.
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Everything that I do is very autobiographical. I'm trying to be as much of an open book as possible and give the audience every single piece of me.
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I use a toothbrush on my lips as a lip scrub; occasionally, I use a toothbrush with some dark eye shadow on my eye brows if I want to fill them in. And if I want a really thick, textured look with mascara, I put one on my lashes, as well.
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For a female artist, it takes a lot more to be taken seriously if you're not sat down at a piano or with a guitar, you know?
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I'm so obsessed with Cardi B. I do nothing but sit and watch her Instagram videos.
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Traveling is the worst for skin, and it shows instantly. Once you're working non-stop, you can instantly see it.
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For me, my aim is to just be as good as possible. If people do look up to me, I have to set the best example I can.
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I'm heavily influenced by the Nineties - I love juxtaposing a slip dress with trainers and a vintage leather jacket.
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For a male artist, people instantly assume they write their own music, but for women, they assume it's all manufactured.
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My first concert was Method Man and Redman because they came down to Kosovo.