Estelle Quotes
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People want to say something negative before they say something good.
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I will never say I am committed to somebody unless I'm serious about that person.
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I can't stand quitters. My mother is a very strong, determined woman. I was peeling onions when I was seven, but I walked off when my eyes began to sting. She said to me, 'You start something and you finish it', and that stuck with me. I'm persistent.
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I've always been a fan of Nigerian artist D'banj. He's now signed to Kanye West's Good Music label.
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My style is Edie Sedgwick meets Grace Jones, or Audrey Hepburn meets Salt 'n' Pepa. Strong and feisty but still classic.
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Basically, if you go looking for trouble, it'll come find you.
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I wear and have worn scarves my entire life while traveling, working out, and now sometimes while performing, and not just on my head - I wear them around my neck and on my bag.
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There is not enough faith in black music at a high level.
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With the first album, I wanted to do so many different things, and I was fighting with myself to try and see if I was worthy enough to do it.
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I went to New York and Miami and hung out by the beach, and I love the American boys, so I wrote a song about it.
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Luke James has this mystique about him that's not something you can explain; you can only experience it. He's got a whole D'Angelo feel to him as well.
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I've always dug Audrey Hepburn. I think she's one of the classic beauties.
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In order for me to write, I have to experience life. I write the songs based on real life, and I perform them from a very real place.
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If there is enough space on radio for Busted and McFly, who are basically the same band, or for 50,000 versions of Stereophonics and Coldplay, there must be enough room for all of us.
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I got into hip hop from my uncle; he was always playing us Kool G Rap and Big Daddy Kane. He was a bad boy, and my mum was not really happy that I was hanging out with him.
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I'm signed to a U.S. label, and I didn't enjoy the 3 A.M. phone calls. I'm not a great sleeper, so I didn't enjoy being woken up.
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The Grammy snuck up on me. I was on tour. It just hit me. I skipped down the street in Vienna. I kept saying, 'I won. I won.'
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I hate that if you do one style of music or become really well known for that one song, that everything that comes after has to fit that mold.
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I grew up in a family of nine kids.
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I never do a show where the people just sit there and look at me. They always sing along. It's going to be a fun time.
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With my music, I don't have to stay in one lane. One day I'm in Motown, and the next day I'm in reggae.
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Law became boring, but like every job I've done, it helped prepare me for a career in music.
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People like the shows I do. I want to be real, to have fun, even when I dance on stage... it's a buzz.
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When my career slowed, I knew deep down it wasn't over.