A biography for Jessie Jhasn’t been written yet.
“I am a dork in disguise; I love doing stupid stuff.”
“I think confidence is the sexiest thing to have.”
“There are a lot of people holding on to the old Jessie J - whatever that means - but I think there's a lot more people realizing what I'm about. I think people like it.”
“I'd hate it if everyone in the world liked me, my music and what I wore. It'd make it boring, and I wouldn't have anything to work towards. It's not to everyone's taste, but I can only be me.”
“I do my own make-up a lot of the time, and I'm very involved in what I wear.”
“I was obsessed with the Spice Girls! I always wanted to be Sporty. Or Posh, but I wasn't pretty enough.”
“I want everybody to think I'm a hard worker as an aunt, a sister, a friend, a daughter, a niece, everything. I want to be great at every role, because every role in my life is as important as being Jessie J.”
“I never stop working when I'm on stage, and that's my fitness.”
“I'm not a model, I'm an artist. In one of my videos, I'm doing this shot of me with no make-up on where I've just woken up, and I don't think a lot of people would be comfortable enough to do that. But that's the way I look. This is who I am. Let's enjoy it. Let's just live life to the full while we're all here.”
“I'm not afraid to have no make-up on and no hair. I just want to be stripped back.”
“I think the best way to have confidence is not to allow everyone else's insecurities to be your own.”
“I had knockback after knockback before I got anywhere. After I got my first record deal I thought that was it, then Gut Records went into liquidation. I was 20. I had no idea what that meant. I had a few days to get myself out of that contract or my work would be owned by someone else.”
“Do what makes you feel good. Remind yourself of what you're good at and make sure you do that.”
“I've been in dance schools since I was four. I went to the Brit school. I did adverts and plays.”
“And I definitely do that very British thing of, take things with a pinch of salt, stiff upper lip, you know what I mean?”
“I started to look like a cartoon character with the fringe and the catsuits. Yes, I want to change and mix it up. I want to change my hair, change my style. I want to be allowed to grow.”
“I'm so hard on myself that when I'm in the studio, I'll write 10 songs and only use one. So those nine songs that are left over, I always think, 'Where could these go? Who could they be for?'”
“You should never, ever apologize for anything that makes you happy.”
“Sexuality shouldn't define anyone. It doesn't define me. Love should be at the core of what you do.”
“I think being nice and being safe is unfair to yourself when you have big dreams as a woman. I think you have to prepare yourself that not everyone in this world has the same personality... The one thing I've chosen to be great at in my life is singing - so why not be proud that I'm great at it?”