Estelle

“You can't please everybody. I give up. I'm not trying to. I don't care. Leave me alone with that.”

“Basically, if you go looking for trouble, it'll come find you.”

“I grew up in a family of nine kids.”

“You know, sometimes you fall in love and you get treated badly, sometimes you get treated well.”

“Walking round the Champs-Elysees late at night is the greatest time.”

“When I'm full, I stop eating.”

“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.”

“I would say my greatest musical influences have been Ella Fitzgerald and Mary J. Blige.”

“Most of my thinking is done at night.”

“I always thought that if record companies didn't understand me, fine - I'd go and do it by myself.”

“You have to have courage to look back and be honest about your own drama.”

“Reality really isn't as dull as it's cracked up to be.”

“I've always been a fan of Nigerian artist D'banj. He's now signed to Kanye West's Good Music label.”

“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 always want to remain inspired.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I try not to judge because I've been judged a heck of a lot, and it don't feel nice.”

“I've always dug Audrey Hepburn. I think she's one of the classic beauties.”

“The only thing I don't have is hips.”