Estelle Quotes
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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 come from a family of well-endowed booty women.
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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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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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When I need things to happen, I need them to happen now, you know. I don't want to be having a meeting about a meeting about a meeting, which is what can happen in Britain.
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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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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 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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I have my family; I'm never alone.
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When my career slowed, I knew deep down it wasn't over.
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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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For four years, my mum allowed only church music in the house.
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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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Law became boring, but like every job I've done, it helped prepare me for a career in music.
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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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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'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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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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If you cannot smile when you listen to music, then do not listen to it!
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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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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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My mum is West African, from Senegal; my dad is from Grenada. There was a huge controversy about them getting together.