A biography for Estellehasn’t been written yet.
“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.”
“The man for me has to have his own life or be as busy as me.”
“The Americans love me because I'm so completely unwilling to change my whole Britishness.”
“I come from a family of well-endowed booty women.”
“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%.”
“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.”
“Why should you stay in one place and one country if they're not offering you a job? It doesn't make sense!”
“There is not enough faith in black music at a high level.”
“'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.”
“My mind is always going.”
“No one goes straight to happiness after a breakup.”
“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.”
“I never do a show where the people just sit there and look at me. They always sing along. It's going to be a fun time.”
“People want to say something negative before they say something good.”
“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 feel like I'm beautiful, and every woman should feel like that.”
“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'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.”
“Success is based on music, not where you're from.”
“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.”