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 LIPAI 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.
More Dua Lipa Quotes
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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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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 started posting covers online and having this crazy determination about what I wanted to do and just went for it. I was like, ‘Okay, no one else can create my future for me, and no one can get what I want for me, so I have to go out and get it myself.’
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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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It’s all fun and games until your shoe strap falls down.
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Redbone’ from Childish Gambino – that is my ideal summer tune. It’s already gone and done its thing, but I want it to live on forever.
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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’m heavily influenced by the Nineties – I love juxtaposing a slip dress with trainers and a vintage leather jacket.
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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.
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I think the artists are really the face of the music they make. It’s no longer the genre that dictates it.
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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 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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I know the guac is extra.
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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
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