Quotes from Estelle

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.

If you cannot smile when you listen to music, then do not listen to it!

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 try not to judge because I've been judged a heck of a lot, and it don't feel nice.

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

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.

Basically, if you go looking for trouble, it'll come find you.

When I need things to happen, I need them to happen now, you know. I don't want to be having a meeting about a meeting about a meeting, which is what can happen in Britain.

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

'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.

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

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.

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.

I grew up in a family of nine kids.

I like to write about the things I care about. It's no fun to sing about things you don't like.

I find that there are few reviews that extol women as wonderful artists.

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.

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

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

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.'

No one goes straight to happiness after a breakup.

Why should you stay in one place and one country if they're not offering you a job? It doesn't make sense!

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.