Estelle Quotes
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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.
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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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The Americans love me because I'm so completely unwilling to change my whole Britishness.
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When my career slowed, I knew deep down it wasn't over.
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I come from a family of well-endowed booty women.
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The reality show 'America's Next Top Model' is my girlie pleasure.
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I'm used to traveling. I'm used to being in different areas of the world. Home is where my suitcase lands.
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I learned that working out gives me a space to get clear. It's not just about the body. It gives me space to process things and get clear in my mind about decisions and things I want to do.
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A lot of big whoever producers, they come with a song and they say, 'Sing this,' and I'm not that girl.
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John Legend is a cool guy. He likes to chill, is easy to talk to and hang out with. He's also inspiring on a musical level.
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I will test a guy to within an inch of his sanity because I've been through too much drama. He has to be 100%.
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I'm so sick of hearing that U.K. hip hop doesn't get credit and success when I'm working to get it - for me and for others, too.
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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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I feel like I'm beautiful, and every woman should feel like that.
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For four years, my mum allowed only church music in the house.
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I like to write about the things I care about. It's no fun to sing about things you don't like.
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Walking round the Champs-Elysees late at night is the greatest time.
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My mum is West African, from Senegal; my dad is from Grenada. There was a huge controversy about them getting together.
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I have my family; I'm never alone.
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I started writing an album on flights to Africa and Brazil, but it was crazy because I left the notebook on the plane. It had seven or eight songs in it. After that, I'm not writing any more songs on notebooks - and I keep my Blackberry close!
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Why should you stay in one place and one country if they're not offering you a job? It doesn't make sense!
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Success is based on music, not where you're from.
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I am a black British female artist, so I must be like Ms Dynamite, I must be like Shystie, I must be like Jamelia, but we're all different.
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I think every artist strives for a record that crosses all energy, lines, boundaries or languages or barriers.