Estelle Quotes

I want a TV series, I'm gonna do some acting jobs, I'm gonna do some Broadway jobs, everything!

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.

'Something Good' is a feel-good song. A reminder that you're dope and have something wonderful to offer life and yourself and the world.

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.

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.

When I'm full, I stop eating.

Nobody's going to tell me to rap in an American accent.

When I was growing up, hip-hop was still a pretty specialised thing.

There is not enough faith in black music at a high level.

I've always dug Audrey Hepburn. I think she's one of the classic beauties.

I got to the point where I was fed up with so many people telling me how and who I was supposed to be.

My mum is West African, from Senegal; my dad is from Grenada. There was a huge controversy about them getting together.

I'm never scared to ask a question or state the obvious, y'know.

I wear what I feel and what makes me feel happy.

My mom, for all intents and purposes, was a single parent.

American food is not what I'm used to - everything is like three portions.

If I don't agree with something, I let people know, and it occasionally leads to tension. But I usually iron things out.

Lesson one, introduce yourself to everyone when you walk into a room. Don't act like you're too bougie to say, 'Hello.'

Labrinth is a super talented singer, producer, songwriter from London.

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.

I'm not slimming down for anyone and losing my figure.

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.

People want to say something negative before they say something good.

For four years, my mum allowed only church music in the house.

I never feel that far away from the tabloids.

Parents, raise your kids. Young men and women, raise your kids.

I think every artist strives for a record that crosses all energy, lines, boundaries or languages or barriers.

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.

My favorite film involving scarves was little Edie in 'Grey Gardens.' I often wear scarves like that, under hats.

BMG has been an awesome partner throughout my career, and with New London, we plan to continue bridging the gap between soul, pop, London, and New York - uniting them through music.

You can be sexy, but respect yourself and make sure you get that respect.

I've always been a fan of Nigerian artist D'banj. He's now signed to Kanye West's Good Music label.

I come from a family of well-endowed booty women.

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.

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.

I always thought that if record companies didn't understand me, fine - I'd go and do it by myself.

My style is Edie Sedgwick meets Grace Jones, or Audrey Hepburn meets Salt 'n' Pepa. Strong and feisty but still classic.

Success is based on music, not where you're from.

Reality really isn't as dull as it's cracked up to be.

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.

Kanye West is my older brother, an inspiring guy and someone who keeps pushing my level up further and further.

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%.

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.

The reality show 'America's Next Top Model' is my girlie pleasure.

A lot of my girlfriends are always telling me they're really strong independent women, but they've got their boy on the side, and they only go over when he calls.

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.

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.

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.

You know, sometimes you fall in love and you get treated badly, sometimes you get treated well.

People have created feuds between me and other artists.

I feel like I'm beautiful, and every woman should feel like that.

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!

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.'

A lot of big whoever producers, they come with a song and they say, 'Sing this,' and I'm not that girl.

I've still gotta come across as happy when inside I feel crap!

I have my family; I'm never alone.

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.

You can't please everybody. I give up. I'm not trying to. I don't care. Leave me alone with that.

I think the one group I am trying to appeal to is the world. That would be big enough.

I can get a call at 2 A.M., and the person on the other end is like: 'Sorry, did I wake you?' and I'm like: 'No, I'm wide awake.'

The only thing I don't have is hips.

I will never say I am committed to somebody unless I'm serious about that person.

I believe in illusion - I don't believe in magic.

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.

The Americans love me because I'm so completely unwilling to change my whole Britishness.

No one goes straight to happiness after a breakup.

Walking round the Champs-Elysees late at night is the greatest time.

I always want to remain inspired.

I'm just excited that I get to put out the music I love versus music just for the sake of it.

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.

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.