British - Musician | January 18, 1980 -
Some days I might be wearing a little dress, and some days I might be wearing something with wings on it and be confusing.
Estelle
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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.
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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.
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You have to have courage to look back and be honest about your own drama.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.'
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I try not to judge because I've been judged a heck of a lot, and it don't feel nice.
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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.
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If I don't agree with something, I let people know, and it occasionally leads to tension. But I usually iron things out.
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For four years, my mum allowed only church music in the house.
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