Ella Mai Quotes
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When you're in love, your heart and your mind are in sync, and everything just feels right. It's a special feeling.
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To find out my song made the top 10 was honestly a dream come true. I think it's something that I've dreamed about, and anyone dreams about, their whole life.
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I played soccer for nine years, so I took that route instead of singing. I played on the outside team as well as in school, so I was always playing soccer. It wasn't until I moved back to London that I really, like, started investing in music again and realized, OK, yeah, this is definitely what I want to do.
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I could never have imagined that, so early in my career, that I'd be ticking off boxes that I've dreamed about since I was a little girl.
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I think it's harder for R&B to break in England because the radio and labels don't really know what to do with R&B music.
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It's deeper than the music when it comes to me and Mustard. He's like a big brother, and I'm so thankful to have a mentor like him to advise me. Even though he gives me a lot of creative control, I always go to him like, 'Do you like this?' It's so cool that it's always a collaborative effort. He never makes me feel pressured or anything.
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I was a huge Lauryn Hill fan; that was all my mom would listen to in the car.
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People make careers off of Instagram. So in that sense, it's really good, and you can put yourself out there and be open.
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I feel like everyone has been in a bitter situation, regardless whether it's cheating or just not being over someone who is over you - you compare yourself to the next.
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Not everybody gets to wake up and do what they love.
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Everyone in L.A. loves sushi, and I don't understand it at all.
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A lot of people say 'Boo'd Up' reminds them of '90s R&B. It has that feeling, which is why I think people take to the song so much.
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I always say that when you have friends that are girls, you tell each other everything.
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My mom used to play a lot of music around the house, and I think that's where I get my inspiration from.
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As much as a lot of my music is very R&B, there's a bounce to it that obviously makes it easier to perform live. It's upbeat and uptempo.
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A lot of 'Time' was actually about a friend's relationship and me seeing what she went through and how she felt.
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I write in a diary every night to collect my thoughts. It's very therapeutic to songwrite, because it's the same thing.
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Mustard believes in me so much. It's good to have a mentor that's been through it. Even though he's a producer, he's been a new artist.
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'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill' happens to be my favorite album.
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A lot of my music is about love. And that, of course, is super relatable.
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I've always been singing. Ever since I can remember, I've been singing.
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The first time I found out that 'Boo'd Up' went platinum, I was handed the plaque. They really surprised me. I thought we were gold, and then Mustard and my managers brought the plaque to my rehearsals and told me. I was like, 'You are lying!' Like, I couldn't believe it. I'm just honored, honestly. It's a great feeling.
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I'm big on self-confidence.
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I love to color.