Estelle Quotes
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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'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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I will never say I am committed to somebody unless I'm serious about that person.
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The most personal track would have to be 'Love The Way We Used To.' It's one of the songs that I listen to outside of all the records that I wrote.
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There is not enough faith in black music at a high level.
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I've always dug Audrey Hepburn. I think she's one of the classic beauties.
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I feel like it's not a bad average for every album I've got in the United States to be nominated for something off the album.
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People have created feuds between me and other artists.
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I would say my greatest musical influences have been Ella Fitzgerald and Mary J. Blige.
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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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I grew up in a family of nine kids.
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I'm the female Jay-Z. I never compared myself to other women artists. I compared myself with the best, and the best is Jay-Z.
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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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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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We get older, and we forget that we have to carve a little time out to feel good in your body, in your head, and in your spirit.
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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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I remember being, like, the age of 7 and just always being in control of something or someone, a baby somewhere. I had lots of cousins and brothers, and we were all taught that's how you are, you know. Things don't just run themselves; you have to make them run.