A biography for Corinne Bailey Raehasn’t been written yet.
“I was Corinne Bailey. I added on Rae, my husband's name, when I got married. There's no hyphen. Stops it being posh!”
“I worked in a band a long time. As we got older, we became more aware of soul and jazz.”
“My dad hates reggae. He's from St. Kitts, which is a really British island, with Victorian values. He doesn't have a strong Caribbean accent. He didn't play Caribbean music in the house. He was really into soul music, collecting soul 45s.”
“There's something really wrong with using Botox: it stops you making facial expressions - people are so interested in how they appear that there's no intention of projecting how they feel.”
“I'm really aware that I can't hide any of my feelings.”
“When I did my rock band, I pined for a more soulful sound. I wanted music that was very melodic and blues-based.”
“I don't only like R&B. I always love in life when you see people acting in a way that is true and genuine to them but doesn't fit into the perceived notion of how they would respond to something.”
“I think that every day should be savored, and so a lot of 'Stop Where You Are' comes out of that idea that life is really precious, the people around us are precious, and every single moment is worth celebrating.”
“As an artist, you want to form your own identity and be your own performer.”
“My dad, Chris, is from St Kitts. He worked in computers. I remember the first laptop when he brought it home. People from primary school came to check it out - it was huge.”
“I went from playing small gigs for 80 people to like 2,000 or 3,000 people, and they were arriving with all this expectation and excitement.”
“I love the idea of the winter rose that's sort of sleeping underneath the soil. Underneath all the snow is this plant that was growing and developing and could present itself as this beautiful flower in this time where everything else around it is very barren.”
“I don't buy loads of clothing. But I do have a lot of vintage dresses and '80s one-pieces, which are quite fun.”
“I guess that's the main thing when someone dies, the realisation that you won't get to be with them and talk to them.”
“With music I feel like it's the one time when I don't have to think and I don't have to contrive anything.”
“I don't think, like, 'I've got to sell so many records here, or so many records there.' That's the record label's job. They've got to worry about how were doing in Kazakhstan or Germany. My job is just to write and sing.”
“I often find myself having deep and emotive conversations with people.”
“I'm compelled to make music.”
“I think it's weird that we expect ups and downs in friendships, but not in relationships. It all has to be romance, romance, romance - but there's two people and there are always going to be disagreements, and you have to work at it.”
“I love the Bowery Hotel by night.”