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You know, sometimes you fall in love and you get treated badly, sometimes you get treated well.
A lot of scarves are made to stand out and therefore not appropriate on your head, say, at work.
You can't please everybody. I give up. I'm not trying to. I don't care. Leave me alone with that.
I always thought that if record companies didn't understand me, fine - I'd go and do it by myself.
People who call themselves actors and can't ever get work; they do need to get another profession.
I've always been a fan of Nigerian artist D'banj. He's now signed to Kanye West's Good Music label.
The thing that makes me feel powerful is when I make a decision about something and I make it happen.
I got to the point where I was fed up with so many people telling me how and who I was supposed to be.
People like the shows I do. I want to be real, to have fun, even when I dance on stage... it's a buzz.
A lot of big whoever producers, they come with a song and they say, 'Sing this,' and I'm not that girl.
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.
I'm used to traveling. I'm used to being in different areas of the world. Home is where my suitcase lands.
Why should you stay in one place and one country if they're not offering you a job? It doesn't make sense!
I think every artist strives for a record that crosses all energy, lines, boundaries or languages or barriers.
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%.
Kanye West is my older brother, an inspiring guy and someone who keeps pushing my level up further and further.
I love rom-coms. Any will do. Films such as 'How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days' or 'Funny Face' with Audrey Hepburn.
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.
My favorite film involving scarves was little Edie in 'Grey Gardens.' I often wear scarves like that, under hats.
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.
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.
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.'
My mum is West African, from Senegal; my dad is from Grenada. There was a huge controversy about them getting together.
Lesson one, introduce yourself to everyone when you walk into a room. Don't act like you're too bougie to say, 'Hello.'
If I don't agree with something, I let people know, and it occasionally leads to tension. But I usually iron things out.
My style is Edie Sedgwick meets Grace Jones, or Audrey Hepburn meets Salt 'n' Pepa. Strong and feisty but still classic.
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.
Some days I might be wearing a little dress, and some days I might be wearing something with wings on it and be confusing.
In theater, the wellspring of the character comes from the doing of it, like a trial by fire, but in front of an audience.
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 feel like it's not a bad average for every album I've got in the United States to be nominated for something off the album.
If you think about where I'm from, I'm not supposed to be singing in the first place. I'm not supposed to be alive right now.
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.'
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.'
I started my entire journey as an indie artist. Ownership has its benefits and it's just about putting in the work. I'm just working.
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.
'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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
My songs are always about overcoming things, whether it's breaking up with a guy or just trying to be happy. They're always about being better.
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.
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.
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.
Don't forget the prices are so high in theater; it isn't really where a young person can go on a date and buy two tickets and take someone out anymore.