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Estelle [1980-0] British

Rank: 101
Musician, Singer-songwriter

Estelle Fanta Swaray, simply known as Estelle, is a British singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress from West London, England. Estelle is known for her eclectic mix of various musical genres including R&B, soul, reggae, grime, hip hop and dance.

Alone, Chance, Cool, Courage, Family, Happiness, Mom, Smile, Space, Women

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I got to the point where I was fed up with so many people telling me how and who I was supposed to be.		101
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.	Cool	102
I come from a family of well-endowed booty women.	Family, Women	103
'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.		104
I can't stand quitters. My mother is a very strong, determined woman. I was peeling onions when I was seven, but I walked off when my eyes began to sting. She said to me, 'You start something and you finish it', and that stuck with me. I'm persistent.		105
If you cannot smile when you listen to music, then do not listen to it!	Smile	106
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.		107
No one goes straight to happiness after a breakup.	Happiness	108
You can't please everybody. I give up. I'm not trying to. I don't care. Leave me alone with that.	Alone	109
I feel like I'm beautiful, and every woman should feel like that.		110
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.		111
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.		112
I believe in illusion - I don't believe in magic.		113
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.		114
You have to have courage to look back and be honest about your own drama.	Courage	115
I grew up in a house full of music. Everything from reggae and afro-beat to Zook and pop.		116
I've always dug Audrey Hepburn. I think she's one of the classic beauties.		117
People want to say something negative before they say something good.		118
There is not enough faith in black music at a high level.		119
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.	Space	120
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.	Mom	121
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.		122
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.		123
I always want to remain inspired.		124
My style is Edie Sedgwick meets Grace Jones, or Audrey Hepburn meets Salt 'n' Pepa. Strong and feisty but still classic.		125
You know, sometimes you fall in love and you get treated badly, sometimes you get treated well.		126
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.		201
I learned that working out gives me a space to get clear. It's not just about the body. It gives me space to process things and get clear in my mind about decisions and things I want to do.		202
I try not to judge because I've been judged a heck of a lot, and it don't feel nice.		203
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.		204
Lesson one, introduce yourself to everyone when you walk into a room. Don't act like you're too bougie to say, 'Hello.'		205
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.		206
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%.		207
Adele ain't soul.		208
When I was growing up, hip-hop was still a pretty specialised thing.		209
Reality really isn't as dull as it's cracked up to be.		210
You can be sexy, but respect yourself and make sure you get that respect.		211
Garage music came up when people weren't paying attention.		212
Law became boring, but like every job I've done, it helped prepare me for a career in music.		213
I would say my greatest musical influences have been Ella Fitzgerald and Mary J. Blige.		214
The reality show 'America's Next Top Model' is my girlie pleasure.		215
I love rom-coms. Any will do. Films such as 'How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days' or 'Funny Face' with Audrey Hepburn.		216
I've always been a fan of Nigerian artist D'banj. He's now signed to Kanye West's Good Music label.		217
I always have to get my U.K. fix, and 'Downton Abbey' is definitely that. I absolutely love period dramas, but this one is particularly appealing - following the ins and outs of aristocracy as well as the interaction between the rich and the poor.		218
American food is not what I'm used to - everything is like three portions.		219
When I'm full, I stop eating.		220
The only thing I don't have is hips.		221
Success is based on music, not where you're from.		222
I've still gotta come across as happy when inside I feel crap!		223
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.	Chance	224
Why should you stay in one place and one country if they're not offering you a job? It doesn't make sense!		225
I wear and have worn scarves my entire life while traveling, working out, and now sometimes while performing, and not just on my head - I wear them around my neck and on my bag.		226
A lot of scarves are made to stand out and therefore not appropriate on your head, say, at work.		301
My favorite film involving scarves was little Edie in 'Grey Gardens.' I often wear scarves like that, under hats.		302
I'm not slimming down for anyone and losing my figure.		303
When my career slowed, I knew deep down it wasn't over.		304
My mum is West African, from Senegal; my dad is from Grenada. There was a huge controversy about them getting together.		305
I think the one group I am trying to appeal to is the world. That would be big enough.		306
I'm never scared to ask a question or state the obvious, y'know.		307
I started writing an album on flights to Africa and Brazil, but it was crazy because I left the notebook on the plane. It had seven or eight songs in it. After that, I'm not writing any more songs on notebooks - and I keep my Blackberry close!		308
Walking round the Champs-Elysees late at night is the greatest time.		309
I'm used to traveling. I'm used to being in different areas of the world. Home is where my suitcase lands.		310
I never feel that far away from the tabloids.		311
The people at my label are always endorsing what I say. They say, 'You see the truth, so speak it.' They believe in me. They respect my opinion. At least I have an opinion, and I'm not trying to play it safe. I don't go around saying, 'I think everyone is great, and the world is fantastic.' Everyone has opinions. They just don't say it.		312
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.		313
People like the shows I do. I want to be real, to have fun, even when I dance on stage... it's a buzz.		314
I want a TV series, I'm gonna do some acting jobs, I'm gonna do some Broadway jobs, everything!		315
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.		316
Parents, raise your kids. Young men and women, raise your kids.		317
Some days I might be wearing a little dress, and some days I might be wearing something with wings on it and be confusing.		318
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.		319
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.		320
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.'		321
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.		322
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.		323
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.		324
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.		325
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.'		326
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.		401
If I don't agree with something, I let people know, and it occasionally leads to tension. But I usually iron things out.		402
For four years, my mum allowed only church music in the house.		403
I love singing, so I want to see how far I can take it. I love the challenge, and I won't be happy until I have a wall full of gold discs and seven huge world tours under my belt.		404
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.		405
This fame is a juggernaut: It slaps you in the face, and you don't know what you're doing. You don't know who has your back, who is your support system.		406
Labrinth is a super talented singer, producer, songwriter from London.		407
Me being a black girl in London, whose mom is first-generation African and whose dad is West Indian, gives me a different view. I'm coming at soul from my own place.		408
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.		409
My mom, for all intents and purposes, was a single parent.		410
I grew up in a family of nine kids.		411
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.'		412
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.		413
I remember being, like, the age of 7 and just always being in control of something or someone, a baby somewhere. I had lots of cousins and brothers, and we were all taught that's how you are, you know. Things don't just run themselves; you have to make them run.		414
Basically, if you go looking for trouble, it'll come find you.		415
I always thought that if record companies didn't understand me, fine - I'd go and do it by myself.		416
BMG has been an awesome partner throughout my career, and with New London, we plan to continue bridging the gap between soul, pop, London, and New York - uniting them through music.		417
I'm just excited that I get to put out the music I love versus music just for the sake of it.		418
I wear what I feel and what makes me feel happy.		419
I think every artist strives for a record that crosses all energy, lines, boundaries or languages or barriers.		420
A lot of big whoever producers, they come with a song and they say, 'Sing this,' and I'm not that girl.		421
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.		422
A lot of my girlfriends are always telling me they're really strong independent women, but they've got their boy on the side, and they only go over when he calls.		423
Nobody's going to tell me to rap in an American accent.		424
The Americans love me because I'm so completely unwilling to change my whole Britishness.		425
I have my family; I'm never alone.		426
Kanye West is my older brother, an inspiring guy and someone who keeps pushing my level up further and further.		501
I'm so, so full of joy that America elected Obama.		502
Conservatives, they're like the Republicans to me. They don't do much. They have this whole hierarchy and boys' club thing going on. That doesn't help the regular person.		503
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.		504
People have created feuds between me and other artists.		505
Most of my thinking is done at night.		506
My mind is always going.		507
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.'		508
The man for me has to have his own life or be as busy as me.		509
I will never say I am committed to somebody unless I'm serious about that person.		510

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