My childhood was great, my family was great. I wasn't in a mansion, but we made it work.

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.

Know yourself; keep your circle tight. Keep your friends and your work circle tight.

Eyebrows are really important because they structure the face. In school it was funny because I was always the one walking around with tweezers plucking my girlfriends' eyebrows. I was really good; eyebrow tweezing runs in my family - my mother used to do mine, and I picked it up.

I don't know what flirting is, really. Sometimes in women, friendliness comes across as flirting. That is not what it is.

Clothes are fun. The designers have so much fun making them, you should have fun wearing them, too.