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Ice cream is my comfort food.
Jessie Ware / Singer-Songwriter
Comfort
Comfort Food
Cream
Ice
Ice Cream
Food Comfort Comfort Food
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I'm not a complicated person.
Jessie Ware / Singer-Songwriter
Complicated
Persons
Person
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I did my dissertation on Kafka.
Jessie Ware / Singer-Songwriter
Dissertation
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A female vocal can lift a song.
Jessie Ware / Singer-Songwriter
Female
Lifts
Song
Vocal
Lift
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I don't know if fame will come.
Jessie Ware / Singer-Songwriter
Fame
Ifs
Knows
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I am just trying to keep it real.
Jessie Ware / Singer-Songwriter
Keeping It Real
Real
Trying
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Good music shouldn't have a shelf life.
Jessie Ware / Singer-Songwriter
Shelf Life
Shelves
Life Good Music
Good Music
Shelf
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There are so many great singers out there.
Jessie Ware / Singer-Songwriter
Singers
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I want to be as feminine and classic as possible.
Jessie Ware / Singer-Songwriter
Classic
Feminine
Want
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I would like to think I am feminist in some sorts.
Jessie Ware / Singer-Songwriter
Feminist
Thinking
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I like how strong Sade is and how she doesn't give away too much.
Jessie Ware / Singer-Songwriter
Giving
Strong
Too Much
Sade
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Dance music has pushed its way into the mainstream. Which is good for me.
Jessie Ware / Singer-Songwriter
Dance Music
Mainstream
Way
Good Music Me
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I don't think too far ahead because I want to appreciate what's happening now.
Jessie Ware / Singer-Songwriter
Appreciate
Thinking
Want
Now
Ahead
Too
Far
Happening
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I don't know if I should say this, but I feel more like a singer than an artist.
Jessie Ware / Singer-Songwriter
Artist
Should
Singers
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I've become one of those annoying people who brings their own food on to planes.
Jessie Ware / Singer-Songwriter
Airplane
Annoying
People
Planes
Brings
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I guess I'm a real fan of older music, and that's what shaped my taste and the way I sing.
Jessie Ware / Singer-Songwriter
Fans
Real
Taste
Way
Shaped
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I have moments, like a guy saying to me on the tube, "You know, you look a lot like Jessie Ware."
Jessie Ware / Singer-Songwriter
Guy
Looks
Moments
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If I make a song where I'm happy, I sound completely mad - I think my voice is better-suited for sadder songs.
Jessie Ware / Singer-Songwriter
Mad
Song
Thinking
Voice
Sadder
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For me 'You & I Forever' is celebrating the person you love being by your side. This is what it means to others
Jessie Ware / Singer-Songwriter
Love Is
Mean
Your Side
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I dress in a sophisticated and classy way - I always dress in a way I know my mother wouldn't be embarrassed to see.
Jessie Ware / Singer-Songwriter
Dresses
Embarrassed
Mother
Sophisticated
Way
Classy
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I feel like I've got far more gay fans in America... Maybe they caught wind that I have a cute Jewish brother who's gay.
Jessie Ware / Singer-Songwriter
Cute
Smile
America
Brother
Gay
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I can't eat before I go onstage because I've learnt that burping on stage isn't a good thing. It's all about acid reflux.
Jessie Ware / Singer-Songwriter
Acid
Acid Reflux
Good Things
Stage
Good Thing
Learnt
Onstage
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If you're from South London you feel like you're always trying to win people over, so perhaps that underdog passion comes through.
Jessie Ware / Singer-Songwriter
Always Trying
London
Passion
Underdog
Winning
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American fans want to meet you, and they wait for that autograph by the stage door. In the UK, it doesn't really happen that much.
Jessie Ware / Singer-Songwriter
Doors
Waiting
Want
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I love Barbra Streisand and Sade who've both had careers in soul and I want my music to have that timeless quality that isn't necessarily now.
Jessie Ware / Singer-Songwriter
Quality
Careers
Soul
Streisand
Timeless
Love Music Soul
Barbra Streisand
Sade
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My grandfather was a Russian-Jewish immigrant who lived in Northern Ireland and apparently when he sang in the synagogue he made everyone cry.
Jessie Ware / Singer-Songwriter
Cry
Grandfather
Ireland
Made
Northern Ireland
Synagogue
Apparently
Lived
Immigrant
Sang
Northern
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I've turned down songs that would be much easier to play on the radio that I don't think should be on the album. Maybe I've shot myself in the foot.
Jessie Ware / Singer-Songwriter
Play
Song
Thinking
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I always liked how people like Grace Jones and Annie Lennox pushed it with the videos. I'm not the most stylish person at all, but there's something about playing dress-up for the day and playing the role of a singer.
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Grace
People
Playing Dress Up
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I started meeting the right people, like [producer] Dave [Okumu], who explained to me how songwriting is really simple - "just like shitting," he said. "You gotta let it all out." When he put it like that, however disgusting it is, it made a lot of sense to me.
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Dave
People
Simple
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I always have to pretend I'm somebody else to give the best performance. It kind of feels like I'm acting; it's definitely an exaggerated version of me. I'm a very normal, down-to-earth person, but I wanted the videos to be striking, so I have to lay it on a little bit.
Jessie Ware / Singer-Songwriter
Acting
Giving
Normal
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I tried a couple of pop writers - none of the big, big, big ones - but it didn't work for me. I do have a commercial voice; I'm not quirky. I'm very normal and that's probably why I like people like Barbra Streisand and Whitney Houston. It's no-nonsense. They sing well, and that's it.
Jessie Ware / Singer-Songwriter
Quirky
Couple
People
Voice
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I want to look classy and sophisticated. For the "Running" video, I wanted to make a bit of a statement and to be slightly over-the-top. I'm not taking the piss out of myself, but I'm not taking myself too seriously, either. I'm just having fun and trying to pretend I'm a pop star, really.
Jessie Ware / Singer-Songwriter
Running
Fun
Stars
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Meanwhile, I get to make an album. I feel like I've been very lucky. There is a guilt when I see people I know who work really hard, then I'm like, "Oh, I've got to do an interview today." I'm so appreciative of all of this, but it does feel like the bubble will burst at some point and it will all have been a dream.
Jessie Ware / Singer-Songwriter
Dream
Guilt
People
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I went to university and studied English literature, and I forgot about music. I was gonna be a journalist. But then I decided to try and be a backing singer, and my mum was like, "Go for it." If that didn't work, I was gonna go to law school. I was just being boringly sensible; trying to be a singer felt a bit indulgent.
Jessie Ware / Singer-Songwriter
Law
School
Trying
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I sung from an early age and I was always given nice parts in school musicals, but I definitely wasn't the golden girl. I didn't have the guts. You've got to have a real confidence in yourself to be like: "I'm gonna be a singer and write songs." I never thought it would go anywhere because it's so unattainable to be a singer.
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Girl
Real
Song
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Earlier in my career I just thought "I'm not very confident, I don't like singing to people." But people had some faith in me, and here we are. Sometimes I think "Oh maybe I should just be a backing singer." But I've got an amazing team of people who tell me to shut up when I'm like "Oh god, I can't do it." But now, I can't really imagine it being the other way.
Jessie Ware / Singer-Songwriter
People
Team
Thinking
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I don't think I'm prepared for life in the spotlight. I don't even think I'm really prepared now, but I still don't really feel like I'm in the spotlight a lot. I'm not a household name. I'm not followed around by paparazzi. I still have a very normal life. I'd love as many people to know and like my music as possible, but there's something quite lovely about being able to still go and watch your boys play football.
Jessie Ware / Singer-Songwriter
Boys
Football
Thinking
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I had just finished a run of shows in the States and went to NY to work with BenZel for a couple weeks, mainly as a different focus to touring. I didn't have any expectations or pressures with what would come out of those two weeks, and think 'Tough Love' sums this up. It was me experimenting with my voice and having fun with it. It just felt right and kind of dictated the route of the next album, much like 'Devotion' did on my first album
Jessie Ware / Singer-Songwriter
Running
Couple
Fun
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