Rebecca Ferguson Quotes

I've just grown as a person, accepting my flaws as well. Before I was very insecure and I used to just hide, and now I just accept that I'm an imperfect human.

I was looking for something to make me happy, and once I realised what I actually had, then I found success.

I'm able to provide for my family and the people that I love with things that I never used to be able to. I'm getting to make music and work with amazing people. I just feel really lucky.

My family are too grounded, and I will go home to visit. I always need my dose of Liverpool to keep me grounded.

If I got married one day and settled down, I would love to have more children.

After the 'X Factor,' there were opportunities everywhere. It was all there waiting for me to enjoy. I didn't understand business.

I'm a better writer than I am a singer, and I express myself easily through writing.

I can do an OK manicure, but I need to stick to singing.

I think there's definitely a dance album or at least single in me somewhere. I would want to work with a really cool Ibiza DJ, though.

When I first studied Billie Holiday's life story years ago, I admit that I was quite judgmental.

After 'X Factor,' I got loads of gigs. Then I went on holiday just after the tour and bought my Rolex in Tenerife. I needed to go through that phase - splurge and see that it's worthless - to get it out of my system.

I love L.A. I'd move there tomorrow if I could.

It wasn't until my late teens that I really got into soul music and then I was like 'Ooh, this is good!' You'd always here it at old family parties, like, Gladys Knight and I'd always love it but I didn't really get to know it and respect it until I was a bit older.

My advice is, if you are going to go on 'X Factor,' you have to know who you are as an artist.

My nan taught me never to put value on possessions but to value family, friends and people. I buy lovely things and enjoy them, but they don't rule me.

Sometimes I won't put a lot of make up on; I won't put foundation on. I'll just pop a bit of blusher on. I'm not obsessed with trying to look like a Victoria's Secret model - it's real life.

I like Marilyn Monroe; she was super glam, weren't she?

I'm playing with music and working on different types of music. But I've realised that I can't really stray from what is my marker.

What I loved with Billie Holiday is she had a good way of parlaying the sorrow with a positive musical twist.

I don't tend to lie. If I do, it's a little one. Like, 'I'm only around the corner ... ' when really I'm 10 minutes away.

I want to go out with my friends and have a laugh. It's funny: you always attract men when you don't want them - you'll go out, and they'll want your number, while you're left thinking, 'Where were you when I wanted a boyfriend?'

I took lessons since I was little; I used to pay for my own singing lessons and take myself. Just take the bus when I was a kid and go. But I'd been writing music for years, since the smallest age.

I think that's what I love about jazz is that you can do what you want, and you're allowed to mess up.

I like Sam Bailey - she's got a huge voice.

If you are going to survive in business, show business or any business, then you have to be bold.

I love hats and winter is the perfect time for them. I love winter time fashion.

There's certain people that do pop well. Beyonce's one of them, Rihanna, Rita Ora, I could go on and on. You've got to recognise what your talent and niche is.

My first-ever date on my first tour, the sound completely cut out. So I had to go on and just shout loudly to the audience.

I'm not afraid of a rant, am I? I've got to that point where I've just become a woman; I think I've just grown.

I am lucky in that I love what I do, but it can still be hard to be away from the kids for long lengths of time. At the end of the day, all I want is to be with my kids, but it's worth it to create a future for my family.

I've always been interested in beauty. I studied it when I was 16 and 17, and I know it's a good idea to invest in something alongside my music.

I've got a running machine which I try and use, but it's just finding the time. Don't get me wrong, I love cake and ice cream; I'm the kind of girl that, if I want something, I'll have it.

When I was on the X-Factor, I found that I grew a lot as a performer. I knew I could sing but I didn't believe in myself enough ... I needed to hear that I was good.

Some people won't like me; that's just human nature. I battled with that for years, trying to please people, but now I haven't got time to win people over! I've got nappies to change!

I remember being wise beyond my years when I was little.

I'm quite good at knowing, 'This isn't right for me,' or, 'That person will be really good at singing that.'

Work made me more streetwise because you can be so sheltered at home. I'd definitely encourage my kids Lillie and Karl, who are nine and seven, to get Saturday jobs in the future.

I think being a mum gives you extra qualities. I'm more feisty, fiercely protective and less selfish. The main trait I want to instill in my kids is kindness. I think it's the most important thing. If you're kind, you'll go a long way.

I've been hugely inspired by the songwriting of Lauryn Hill and Tracy Chapman - on their albums, they really tell it like it is.

If you haven't got love, you've got nothing.

The first time I had money, I was extravagant, but then you realise it's not just about that. If I lost it all tomorrow, it wouldn't be me that's hurt, it would be my babies. It would be more about people's opinion of me that would concern me.

I do love dance music, but at the same time, I'm not looking to put out a big pop album. You've got to be the best you can be.

I think, even in society, people get so caught up in how they look. I think I let that go, and I've learnt to not care.

Constantly having to think about money is not nice. People used to say, 'Being rich doesn't make you happy'. And I'd think, 'I've got no electricity, nothing - tell that to my empty fridge'.

A lot of negative stuff has happened to me - that's why I'm tough - but I don't want people to be like, 'Oh, poor Becky,' because I'm not a victim.

For me, it's not about quick grabs and quick sales; it's about having a sound that will last and sustain.

It's sad really, I think 'Freedom' would've done better, but it got shelved because of the pregnancy, so it might be something that might get revisited in the future; who knows?

I'd definitely like more kids when I'm older. And I think I'm like every woman in that I'd like to get married one day.

I don't really read books. Wish I did.

I believe things are meant to be. It's the only way I can explain it because I had auditioned before to get on 'The X Factor' and 'Britain's Got Talent,' and I didn't get through - it was literally, 'No!'

I'd gone from being a mum to all of a sudden having people fussing and overly pampering me. It can easily change you.

I absolutely love Nicole Scherzinger. She's worked really hard to get to where she is and really knows her stuff.

I came from nothing. We didn't have money, so I started work at 14 because I really needed the money.

I think jazz has given me freedom with my voice.

You meet someone, you care for them, and you fall in love; it's what it is.

Growing up, we didn't have anything. My mum wasn't well, so I was in three care homes then foster homes before me and my little brother went back to her. I was passed from pillar to post.

My first album is a lot of my personal experiences. I wanted people to relate to what I've been through.

I'm one of these people who tries to look for the good in people, but I've learnt that, actually, no, some people fundamentally just are not nice.

I'm not very good at business. I'm more of a creative, fun-loving hippie type.