Quotes from Estelle

People who call themselves actors and can't ever get work; they do need to get another profession.

I mean, there are times when you aren't working, but still believe that work will come.

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.

The people who have the strongest opinion about everything have never left their city, their town, haven't left their 'hood, haven't left their area, their corner of the world. They don't read. They've never left their house.

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.

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

A lot of scarves are made to stand out and therefore not appropriate on your head, say, at work.

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

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.'

Sometimes I wake up in the morning and feel like going straight back to bed. But I still have to get up and work, and I still have to take advantage of the chances I've been given in life.

I'm so, so full of joy that America elected Obama.

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