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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. "
Dua Lipa
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" I'd love to work with Drake; I'd love to work with Frank Ocean, Jay Z, and Kanye. The list is endless. "
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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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" 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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" Every time you achieve something, you want to go after what's next. I'd like to see my own shows grow and someday be a headliner, fill up stadiums. "
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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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" 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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" I still take a lot of pride in being able to write my own songs. My story's coming from me. "
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" The first album I was given when I was quite young was the 'Whoa, Nelly!' album by Nelly Furtado. After, I also got the 'Missundaztood' album by Pink. That's when I was like, 'Oh my God, I want to be just like them!' "
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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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" 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 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 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 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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" I'm learning to accept myself. I'm still in the process of learning to love who I am. And it's been really refreshing and really nice to be able to do that and be okay. I think my fans have brought that out in me. "
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" My first concert was Method Man and Redman because they came down to Kosovo. "
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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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" 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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