Who says soul has only one colour?

I never pay a fortune for clothes.

I only watch TV when I go to hotels.

Love #music. It will #love you back.

I just wear what I think looks nice.

I don't like listening to music that isn't real.

The musicians one day are going to listen to me.

It would just be nice if everybody would be nice.

I feel so, so lucky. Lucky because of many things.

Life is good. Or at least, it's always interesting.

The only country that hasn't liked my music is my own.

For me, personally, Mind, Body and Soul is my real debut.

People say I'm the white Aretha Franklin. I wish I was her.

I made my new album 'Colour Me Free!' in a week with my own money.

I've had to grow up with everyone watching me, which has been hard.

The British press has been unfair to me and the public has followed.

People grow. It's okay to grow. Some people find that difficult to grasp.

If I could be a doctor and save lives I would, but I can't so I sing songs.

It's sad that people listen to music and decide how the singer should look.

I didn't write those songs, but I can relate to every one of them... I have.

To me, music has to be about freedom. It's the most important thing in my life.

It strikes me as weird that a 25 year old man would even find a 16 year old attractive.

When you get your first record deal, you will do anything, because you just want to sing.

Basically, I was a freak show. This kid with this big old voice. I was a travelling freak.

I'm supposed to be taking time off. But I'm still writing and I have this Gap advert lined up.

People forget what it was like to be young, the stuff I'm expressing now is for the first time.

It's ok to be sassy, but I'll never be trashy, it's ok to be nasty, but you got to keep it classy now

If you give yourself too much time, you kind of over-obsess about the music. It's not supposed to be like that.

I wanted people not to look at me as a little girl, but I was a little girl so how could I ask the world not to?

I can be whatever. I can wear shoes or don't wear shoes. I can tie my hair up or wear it down. It doesn't matter.

My family fight, that's the way it is. We're not common as muck or anything but we do have a little fight now and then.

When you have the opportunity to make music with great musicians, take it. That's it. That's the only reason I need, really.

It's like, 'You're not allowed to change. That's not fair. We like you like this.' But I don't. So let me expand and express myself.

People started saying I was ignoring my country, making up stories about me. Ludicrous things, like that I throw tea on my assistants.

I guess this year I'm going to find out if I'm good enough or not. If I'm not, I don't care. I'll do something else, it's not a biggie.

I wanted out of my record deal with EMI. They wanted me to record one type of album; I wanted to record the type of music I wanted to make.

I feel like I'm a quick learner and I'm also very quick to forget. That's why I can't play an instrument because I can't bloody remember it.

I like to dip in and out of all sorts of different things. God, if I was asked to be in a show, like a real show, I would be so up for doing that.

I would never want something I'm wearing or the way I'm dancing or something to overshadow what I'm doing. I'd rather grab people's attention with my voice.

The recession is everywhere. We need to be heard. Wouldn't it be great if there could be more referendums so we could have regular voting on specific points?

If you remember one thing from talking to me, remember this: I am just a girl who makes noises - and I'm incredibly lucky that people happen to like those noises.

There's always a silver lining to every cloud and everything has to happen for a reason and if everything's really challenging, then you can make it into a positive.

There are people in England that claim benefits because they are too nervous to work, so they claim their benefits for anxiety and never have to go out side there free home.

I've got a checklist of things I want - including a Brit, a Grammy, an Oscar and a white poodle. Sometimes it gets lonely, and I want a baby too! I'm ticking things off the list.

I like many different things you know so I'm probably going to experiment, and if I didn't I'd be a little bit strange and boring and stiff and kind of dead, and I'm very not that.

I really love art and I always have in every single different form and I just hope that I'm able to give some art that will touch some people and help them to be more positive and stronger.

If you capture the first thought that you have when you're creating, and then play that to people, it's kind of like the listeners are part of that beginning. And that's the most exciting part.

I'm 19, I'm a girl, I'm very young, I like all sorts of different things, I like all sorts of different styles of music, I like all sorts of different styles of clothes, I like all sorts of different colors of hair.

There is a silver lining to every cloud and there's some awesome songs that have come from some really like bad experiences, but they're great experiences 'cause then I've got some good songs so it's all good for me.

I like to make sure I don't sing songs that are like self hating and feeling sorry for yourself 'cause that's not the kind of legacy I want to leave really. I want people to feel like strength, especially young women.

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