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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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" It's challenging to open for someone: You've got to prep the audience, get them in the mood, and get their attention if they don't know you. You're going to show them what songs you've got. You've got to leave your mark. "

Dua Lipa

Someone

Know

Attention

" 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. "

Dua Lipa

Look

People

" 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

Trying

Possible

" I love Pink and Nelly Furtado - the honesty and truth in their lyrics. I also love Kendrick Lamar and Chance the Rapper. "

" I'm so obsessed with Cardi B. I do nothing but sit and watch her Instagram videos. "

" 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. "

" I never really wanted to base success on charts and chart positioning. For me, it's really about the shows and seeing them grow. "

Dua Lipa

Never

Really

" 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. "

" Success, to me, is just doing things that I'm really proud of. "

Dua Lipa

Proud

Doing

" I can't dance. If I try, I'll trip onstage. "

" My first concert was Method Man and Redman because they came down to Kosovo. "

" I'm heavily influenced by the Nineties - I love juxtaposing a slip dress with trainers and a vintage leather jacket. "

" My father was a musician, so I feel like falling into this career was a bit inevitable. "

Dua Lipa

Bit

Feel

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Social media can sometimes influence the charts, but I think that only great music makes it to the top. The good songs make it. "

" 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.' "

Dua Lipa

You

Terrible

" 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? "

" I think the artists are really the face of the music they make. It's no longer the genre that dictates it. "

" When I think of artists I love, like J. Cole, it's the storytelling that grabs me. I want to be honest with my music. "

Dua Lipa

Storytelling

Music

" Traveling is the worst for skin, and it shows instantly. Once you're working non-stop, you can instantly see it. "

" 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. "

" I still take a lot of pride in being able to write my own songs. My story's coming from me. "

Dua Lipa

My Own

Write

" If I wasn't a singer, I would be a fairy princess. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I'd love to work with Drake; I'd love to work with Frank Ocean, Jay Z, and Kanye. The list is endless. "

" I like how powerful fashion makes me feel. I live for that grungy-prissy juxtaposition that Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, and Drew Barrymore wore in the '90s. "

Dua Lipa

Feel

Live

" I spend a lot of time in bed when I'm off. But if I'm feeling adventurous, I'll go to a gallery. "

Dua Lipa

Time

Bed

" 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. "

Dua Lipa

Home

Goal