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I don't need awards to show me how successful I am or to prove to me that I'm doing a good thing and that I'm succeeding.
Jay Sean / Singer-Songwriter
Awards
Good I Am Me
Good Thing
Succeeding
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I never did music for awards. I did music because I love it and I do music because I love singing and I love entertaining.
Jay Sean / Singer-Songwriter
Awards
Entertaining
Love Music Singing
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I get so frustrated when it takes longer than a couple of seconds to load a page - I couldn't live without the Internet now.
Jay Sean / Singer-Songwriter
Frustrated
Load
Seconds
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In terms of the way things went for me, I'm a firm believer that experience is what makes you. But I'm not saying it was easy.
Jay Sean / Singer-Songwriter
Believer
Firm
Experience Me Way
Firm Believer
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What I've found is that a lot of people in the media industry tend to use Macs because they're so good for graphics and music.
Jay Sean / Singer-Songwriter
Good Music People
Graphics
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I've always done pretty well for myself here in the U.K., but I was never going to be content being a big fish in a small pond.
Jay Sean / Singer-Songwriter
Big Fish
Myself Done Always
Content
Fish
Myself Always Done
Pond
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One thing that remains consistent throughout anything I do in life really is remaining true to myself and trusting my gut instincts.
Jay Sean / Singer-Songwriter
Consistent
Guts
Instinct
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There's no perfect [date]. There's no agenda which has to be fulfilled. So really it's about the company and how well you get along.
Jay Sean / Singer-Songwriter
Agendas
Perfect
Wells
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People always tell me, when I want to get in the mood of a party or when I'm at a party and they put a Jay Sean song on I feel happy.
Jay Sean / Singer-Songwriter
Mood
Sean
Me Mood Song
Me Song People
Jay
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I love watching programs about Discovery Channel and just reading New Scientist, and all that kind of stuff. Im just fascinated by it.
Jay Sean / Singer-Songwriter
Discovery
Scientist
Channel
Programs
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I'm never a believer in going back in anything. You move forward, so that's my whole mentality, you make moves to go forward not back.
Jay Sean / Singer-Songwriter
Believer
Make A Move
Mentality
Moving
Move Forward
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My father decided early on to get me the best education money could buy. He wanted me to have the opportunities that were denied to him.
Jay Sean / Singer-Songwriter
Denied
Education Best Money
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Songwriters, we're always looking for new concepts, fresh concepts, and there are only so many ways you can talk about partying, really.
Jay Sean / Singer-Songwriter
Concepts
Songwriters
Always New Looking
Looking New Always
Partying
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Much like Jennifer Lopez or Ricky Martin who might have started with a hardcore Latin fan-base, I'll always remember what my foundation was.
Jay Sean / Singer-Songwriter
Hardcore
Jennifer
Latin
Jennifer Lopez
Ricky
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I've been fortunate to work with artists that are at the top of their respective genres. That allowed me to learn from them and their success.
Jay Sean / Singer-Songwriter
Success Work Me
Genres
Respective
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As a teenager, I was part of rap groups, but ultimately the sound of R&B acts like Donnell Jones, Brian McKnight, and Eric Benet won my heart.
Jay Sean / Singer-Songwriter
Brian
Acts
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When you look at Beyonce, every interview she does is just perfect delivery, perfect execution, and the thing is, she has honed that skill down.
Jay Sean / Singer-Songwriter
Beyonce
Delivery
Interview
Skill
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I've played in Detroit so many times; the only thing I can say is that the crowd has been very responsive to me. They've always shown a lot of love.
Jay Sean / Singer-Songwriter
Detroit
Love Always Me
Love Me Always
Responsive
Shown
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I think the charity side of things for me is very important, because if you're not giving something back, there's an imbalance somewhere in your life.
Jay Sean / Singer-Songwriter
Charity
Imbalance
Life Your Me
Life Me Important
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I am a pop and R&B singer. I'm not necessarily an Indian singer or musician. I sing in English, and the music I do blends hip hop, pop, R&B, and soul.
Jay Sean / Singer-Songwriter
Music Soul I Am
Blends
Hip
Hop
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It used to be OK to have two or three songs out a year - and those are your singles. Now, they don't want that. They're like, 'OK, I heard that. Next!'
Jay Sean / Singer-Songwriter
Singles
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I've never claimed myself to be a particularly Asian R&B singer. I'm R&B, pure and simple, regardless of my skin colour. Should that matter? I think not.
Jay Sean / Singer-Songwriter
Colour
Pure
Simple
Skin
Claimed
Particularly
Singer
Regardless
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Music was more than just something I enjoyed listening to. I was fascinated by it. I'd watch some of my favourite artists and emulate everything they did.
Jay Sean / Singer-Songwriter
Emulate
Music Listening More
Just Something
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I can do whatever I want now. I can drop seven songs in two weeks and fans don't care about whether it's from an album or not. They just care about the music.
Jay Sean / Singer-Songwriter
Two Weeks
Drop
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When I do music I don't do it with a purpose in mind. I just feel like it's a little bit contrived if you try to do something like that. It's got to come organically.
Jay Sean / Singer-Songwriter
Mind
Purpose
Trying
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I wanted to be a doctor originally; that was my realistic dream, because I knew how to get there. Being a pop star was my wild dream, a fantasy - there was no direct route.
Jay Sean / Singer-Songwriter
Realistic
Originally
Pop Star
Route
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I'm one of not even a handful of British Asian popstars who are maninstream. Of course I was always tagged as British Asian singer Jay Sean as opposed to pop R'n'B singer Jay Sean.
Jay Sean / Singer-Songwriter
Asian
Handful
Sean
Tagged
Jay
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I was studying to be a doctor like every good Indian boy, and doing music on the side as a hobby. Then I started to get a little serious and record companies started giving me offers!
Jay Sean / Singer-Songwriter
Indian
Offers
Record Companies
Serious
Good Music Me
Doctor
Companies
Studying
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The Indian heritage plays a very important role in my career, I have always wanted my Indian roots to be with me. I was also influenced by the urban culture around me back in the day.
Jay Sean / Singer-Songwriter
Heritage
Roots
Urban
Culture Me Day
Important Role
Influenced
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I have the best fans. I know every artist says that but I really do. I love my fans for how much they know about me, how much they learn about me, and how much they really pay attention.
Jay Sean / Singer-Songwriter
Artist
Attention
Fans
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Out of all of the stuff I have done in my whole 12 years, the Mistress series I and II are the most enjoyable processes I've ever been through and definitely, I'm most proud of that music.
Jay Sean / Singer-Songwriter
Done
Mistress
Years
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The pride I feel in representing my people, no matter where I am, is never going to diminish. I could be in Hong Kong, Singapore, Egypt or even Las Vegas, I'll always be representing my people.
Jay Sean / Singer-Songwriter
Diminish
Egypt
Hong Kong
Las Vegas
Representing
Singapore
Vegas
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I've always found that there are loads of people out there with real talent will never get discovered. Shows like 'The X Factor' can help that and give people the confidence to do what they want.
Jay Sean / Singer-Songwriter
Confidence
Talent
Always Talent People
Discovered
Factor
Loads
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I was born and raised in Southall; we had two houses which we made into one big one because there were 12 of us living there: me and my bro, my parents, my grandparents, and my dad's brother's family.
Jay Sean / Singer-Songwriter
Family Dad Me
Big One
Houses
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So when I wrote 'Down' - when I sang the melody, I sung the word 'Down' for no reason. I don't know why. That's how I came up with the medley. I was like, 'I don't know why I said down, but we got to write a song around it.'
Jay Sean / Singer-Songwriter
Melody
No Reason
Sang
Sung
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For people that don't know and haven't seen a Bollywood film, you need to go and see one. They give you everything in one. They give you your comedy, your fear, your horror, your thriller, your rom-com. It's everything in one.
Jay Sean / Singer-Songwriter
Bollywood
Thriller
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Ride It' did it for me. Not only did the Asian community love it, but the black community and the white community got to hear about it. The song became such a big hit for me and got me noticed by the CEOs of Cash Money in America.
Jay Sean / Singer-Songwriter
Black Community
Cash
Song
White
Hit
Became
Big Hit
Ceos
Hear
Noticed
Ride
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I think, honestly, hard work is the only way that you'll get anywhere and this is not an easy job. People think it's easy to be a singer or to be an artist. It's crazy hours and you need a lot of energy and some spirit inside you to do that.
Jay Sean / Singer-Songwriter
Hard Work
Honestly
Hours
Inside
Anywhere
Singer
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There used to be times when you didn't see Indians on television or if you did it was the corner shop guy in 'EastEnders,' but now they're not as stereotypical and we've managed to fit in and blend really well. England does a great job of doing that.
Jay Sean / Singer-Songwriter
Great Job
Blend
Corner
Indians
Stereotypical
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I believe that if you work hard and you never get to enjoy it then what's the point. You can't take any of this with you, the money or nothing. The only thing you can take is experiences, memories and good times, so I like to get amongst it as much as I can.
Jay Sean / Singer-Songwriter
Enjoy
Good Times
Memories
Work Good Money
Amongst
Experiences
The Only Thing
Work Hard
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