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- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Joy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm so, so full of joy that America elected Obama. He didn't win because he was black - people voted for him because he had a plan and because he talked sense and because you believed him.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Conservatives, they're like the Republicans to me. They don't do much. They have this whole hierarchy and boys' club thing going on. That doesn't help the regular person.
- Nov 07, 2020
Adele ain't soul.
- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Garage music came up when people weren't paying attention.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
Law became boring, but like every job I've done, it helped prepare me for a career in music.
- Greatest
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would say my greatest musical influences have been Ella Fitzgerald and Mary J. Blige.
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love rom-coms. Any will do. Films such as 'How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days' or 'Funny Face' with Audrey Hepburn.
- Inspired
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always want to remain inspired.
- Artist
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always been a fan of Nigerian artist D'banj. He's now signed to Kanye West's Good Music label.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always have to get my U.K. fix, and 'Downton Abbey' is definitely that. I absolutely love period dramas, but this one is particularly appealing - following the ins and outs of aristocracy as well as the interaction between the rich and the poor.
- Full
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm full, I stop eating.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only thing I don't have is hips.
- Grace
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- Nov 07, 2020
My style is Edie Sedgwick meets Grace Jones, or Audrey Hepburn meets Salt 'n' Pepa. Strong and feisty but still classic.
- Nov 07, 2020
Success is based on music, not where you're from.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes I wake up in the morning and feel like going straight back to bed. But I still have to get up and work, and I still have to take advantage of the chances I've been given in life.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
You know, sometimes you fall in love and you get treated badly, sometimes you get treated well.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
Why should you stay in one place and one country if they're not offering you a job? It doesn't make sense!
- House
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in a house full of music. Everything from reggae and afro-beat to Zook and pop.
- Head
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Say
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of scarves are made to stand out and therefore not appropriate on your head, say, at work.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
My favorite film involving scarves was little Edie in 'Grey Gardens.' I often wear scarves like that, under hats.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not slimming down for anyone and losing my figure.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Deep
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- Nov 07, 2020
When my career slowed, I knew deep down it wasn't over.
- Dad
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mum is West African, from Senegal; my dad is from Grenada. There was a huge controversy about them getting together.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the one group I am trying to appeal to is the world. That would be big enough.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got to the point where I was fed up with so many people telling me how and who I was supposed to be.
- Bad Boy
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Cool
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Crazy
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- Nov 07, 2020
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!
- Different
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm used to traveling. I'm used to being in different areas of the world. Home is where my suitcase lands.
- Far Away
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never feel that far away from the tabloids.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
The people at my label are always endorsing what I say. They say, 'You see the truth, so speak it.' They believe in me. They respect my opinion. At least I have an opinion, and I'm not trying to play it safe. I don't go around saying, 'I think everyone is great, and the world is fantastic.' Everyone has opinions. They just don't say it.
- Others
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
People like the shows I do. I want to be real, to have fun, even when I dance on stage... it's a buzz.
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want a TV series, I'm gonna do some acting jobs, I'm gonna do some Broadway jobs, everything!
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
People are getting ready for music that makes them feel happy again rather than being depressed at the way the world is going right now.
- Fighting
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I come from a family of well-endowed booty women.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have to live authentically at all times. And that's part of what makes me an artist. I'm not scared to do that.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
The people who have the strongest opinion about everything have never left their city, their town, haven't left their 'hood, haven't left their area, their corner of the world. They don't read. They've never left their house.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've fully embraced who I am. I stopped fighting with people and just come to realize, 'This is me. This is all of me.'
- Breakup
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- Nov 07, 2020
No one goes straight to happiness after a breakup.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
Americans have their issues with skin colour, even within the black community, with light and dark skin; it's crazy - but no one's oblivious to it.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd really started hating music. I'd started hating all the songs, hating being in the industry, hating doing the shows. So I had to learn to love music again if I wanted to continue doing this.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I couldn't just hand in any old rubbish - I can't go on tour and sing something for three years if I don't believe in it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can sit in my room and write a song that I think might be a hit. I can sort of make myself do that, and then I'll play it to a friend, and they'll say, 'Oh, that's nice.' But when something happens to me, and I sit down and write a song to get rid of my emotions, they'll turn around and say, 'Wow, that's great.'
- Judge
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- Nov 07, 2020
I try not to judge because I've been judged a heck of a lot, and it don't feel nice.
- Enjoy
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I don't agree with something, I let people know, and it occasionally leads to tension. But I usually iron things out.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love singing, so I want to see how far I can take it. I love the challenge, and I won't be happy until I have a wall full of gold discs and seven huge world tours under my belt.
- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is not enough faith in black music at a high level.
- Artist
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
This fame is a juggernaut: It slaps you in the face, and you don't know what you're doing. You don't know who has your back, who is your support system.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always say, 'There's a difference between cooked food and McDonald's.' Your mom's homemade dinner - you enjoy this more than you enjoy the fast food that comes along and goes, and I strive to make homemade dinner every time I put out an album.
- Girl
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- Nov 07, 2020
Me being a black girl in London, whose mom is first-generation African and whose dad is West Indian, gives me a different view. I'm coming at soul from my own place.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Care
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can't please everybody. I give up. I'm not trying to. I don't care. Leave me alone with that.
- Parent
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mom, for all intents and purposes, was a single parent.
- Kids
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in a family of nine kids.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.'
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020