Estelle Quotes
Top 92 wise famous quotes and sayings by Estelle
Estelle Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from Estelle on Wise Famous Quotes.
The thing that makes me feel powerful is when I make a decision about something and I make it happen.
I'm used to traveling. I'm used to being in different areas of the world. Home is where my suitcase lands.
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 think every artist strives for a record that crosses all energy, lines, boundaries or languages or barriers.
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 have to live authentically at all times. And that's part of what makes me an artist. I'm not scared to do that.
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.
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.
If I don't agree with something, I let people know, and it occasionally leads to tension. But I usually iron things out.
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.'
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'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.
My style is Edie Sedgwick meets Grace Jones, or Audrey Hepburn meets Salt 'n' Pepa. Strong and feisty but still classic.
I love rom-coms. Any will do. Films such as 'How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days' or 'Funny Face' with Audrey Hepburn.
Some days I might be wearing a little dress, and some days I might be wearing something with wings on it and be confusing.
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.
My mum is West African, from Senegal; my dad is from Grenada. There was a huge controversy about them getting together.
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.
Lesson one, introduce yourself to everyone when you walk into a room. Don't act like you're too bougie to say, 'Hello.'
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 will test a guy to within an inch of his sanity because I've been through too much drama. He has to be 100%.
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.
Kanye West is my older brother, an inspiring guy and someone who keeps pushing my level up further and further.
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.'
My favorite film involving scarves was little Edie in 'Grey Gardens.' I often wear scarves like that, under hats.
Why should you stay in one place and one country if they're not offering you a job? It doesn't make sense!
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.
A lot of big whoever producers, they come with a song and they say, 'Sing this,' and I'm not that girl.
'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.
I got to the point where I was fed up with so many people telling me how and who I was supposed to be.
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 just have a way about me where people know that they don't tell me what to do, they kind of just wait for me to do it.
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.
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.'
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.
People like the shows I do. I want to be real, to have fun, even when I dance on stage ... it's a buzz.
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.