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Destiny's Child literally taught me how to sing.
Katy B / Singer-Songwriter
Children
Destiny
Taught
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I love writing songs where the name is the title.
Katy B / Singer-Songwriter
Names
Song
Writing
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I've always known my own mind, and I'm not shy about speaking it.
Katy B / Singer-Songwriter
Known
Mind
Shy
Speaking
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The first time I went out under the spotlight, I was proper freaked out.
Katy B / Singer-Songwriter
First Time
Firsts
Spotlight
Time First Time First
Freaked
Proper
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I make music, and if people like it, they like it, and some people won't.
Katy B / Singer-Songwriter
Ifs
People
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The days of an open mic night when I'd rock up in an old jumper are over.
Katy B / Singer-Songwriter
Mics
Night
Rocks
Mic
Rock
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A lot of people say I'm like a pop girl, but I don't know what that means.
Katy B / Singer-Songwriter
Girl
Mean
People
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I'd love to be the new Jools Holland, but you know, for, like, cooler people.
Katy B / Singer-Songwriter
Holland
Knows
People
Love People New
Cooler
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Someone asked me the other day what my favourite record shop was, and I said YouTube.
Katy B / Singer-Songwriter
Favourite
Records
Said
Youtube
Shop
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I don't want people to think they have to like me because I'm on TV every other minute.
Katy B / Singer-Songwriter
People
Thinking
Want
Me People Want
Minute
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Dubstep has been big in the UK for years. I'm fine with hearing a dubstep drop in any song.
Katy B / Singer-Songwriter
Hearing
Song
Years
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I go to a club to relax and hear the music on a big sound system. I don't go to pull a guy.
Katy B / Singer-Songwriter
Clubs
Guy
Relax
Pull
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I had wanted to be a dancer when I was younger. But at some point I figured out I was a better singer.
Katy B / Singer-Songwriter
Dancer
Singers
Wanted
Figured
Singer
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I think as long as you're being creative and finding your own work interesting, that's all that matters.
Katy B / Singer-Songwriter
Interesting
Long
Thinking
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Studying music, everyone sort of has their own style - it's not like everyone's going for the same part.
Katy B / Singer-Songwriter
Study
Studying Music
Style
Studying
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I'm a big fan of Beyonce and Rihanna. I've listened to Beyonce all my life, and she's a big influence on me.
Katy B / Singer-Songwriter
Beyonce
Bigs
Fans
Influence
Life Me My Life
Rihanna
All My Life
Big Fan
Listened
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I guess I've been making records since I was 16, and even when 50 people bought them, I thought that was amazing.
Katy B / Singer-Songwriter
People
Records
Bought
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I've never really compared myself to anyone who's a big star - I'm not trying to be a fashion icon or get famous.
Katy B / Singer-Songwriter
Fashion
Icons
Stars
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Whenever I'm making something, the challenge is always to create something that's interesting for me to listen to.
Katy B / Singer-Songwriter
Challenges
Interesting
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I don't think I represent all things dubstep. I just like clubbing, so those are the sounds I've chosen to work with.
Katy B / Singer-Songwriter
All Things
Chosen
Dubstep
Sound
Thinking
Clubbing
Represent
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I used to play the piano when I was younger, and I loved Alicia Keys. I wanted to be Alicia Keys; she was such an idol to me.
Katy B / Singer-Songwriter
Idols
Piano
Play
Used
Wanted
Younger
Loved
Idol
She
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I'm excited about representing my gender, but at the same time it doesn't matter. I wouldn't say my gender has been a disadvantage.
Katy B / Singer-Songwriter
Excited
Gender
Matter
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When I was 18, I'd be out four nights a week - I want to have that energy again but I've found I'm a bit old and ready for retirement.
Katy B / Singer-Songwriter
Four
Night
Retirement
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My dad was a soul fan and a singer himself, and he loved vocal harmony, stuff like the Beach Boys and Motown like the Four Tops, which was a big influence on me.
Katy B / Singer-Songwriter
Dad
Beach
Beach Boys
Boys
Harmony
Influence
Motown
Vocal
Big Influence
Fan
Singer
Tops
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People expect you to be this weird cartoon sometimes when you're a musician. I hate that. I hate standing out. I hate people looking at me. I just want to be part of the crowd.
Katy B / Singer-Songwriter
Cartoon
Hate
Musician
People
Standing
Weird
Expect
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When I hear the same formula being used over and over, I get bored. Just as huge pop artists have taken inspiration from things that are happening at the moment, I do the same with my music.
Katy B / Singer-Songwriter
Artist
Inspiration
Taken
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I went to the Brit School for the performing arts in Croydon at 14, picking music as my main subject, and I'm so glad I did. I knew lots of people who'd gone there, so I always had my mind set on it.
Katy B / Singer-Songwriter
Art
Glad
People
Performing
Performing Arts
School
Music Always Mind
Lots
Arts
Music Mind People
Set
Main
Picking
Subject
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When I got the beat, in my imagination I was catapulted into this club where all the boys and girls are looking hot and wearing amazing clothes, and there's this girl dancing and looking better than me.
Katy B / Singer-Songwriter
Girl
Boys
Clothes
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I love clubbing - the abandon of it, the release of dancing, and being with my friends and the people I love. For me, it's never been about going out to meet guys or to show off my latest dress - it's the music.
Katy B / Singer-Songwriter
Abandon
Dancing
Guy
People
Release
Clubbing
Latest
Show Off
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What I do and where I come from, the kind of music that I'm making, it's definitely U.K. If I turned around and did a tune with Timbaland, it would be amazing, but it would be me kind of leaving where I'm coming from.
Katy B / Singer-Songwriter
Leaving
Tunes
Would Be
Music Amazing Me
Tune
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I went to my first drum n' bass rave when I was 16 and remember being terrified. Looking around, trying to figure out how to dance to this music, watching some girl in some hot pants, trying little ways to learn her movements.
Katy B / Singer-Songwriter
Dance
Girl
Bass
Movement
Pants
Rave
Terrified
Trying
Drum
Figure
Movements
Ways
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Things go in cycles. It's like fashion, like flares go out then skinny jeans come in, people want something fresh. It's the strongest ever urban scene at the moment and I hope it can progress and keep getting stronger and be the base for something larger.
Katy B / Singer-Songwriter
Cycles
Fashion
Jeans
Scene
Skinny
Stronger
Urban
Want Something
Base
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My mum loved Joan Armatrading and used to play her records all the time and even took me to see her a couple of times when I was really quite young. I didn't really like her music back then because my mum was always playing it, but I've grown to appreciate it more.
Katy B / Singer-Songwriter
Appreciate
Couple
Mum
Play
Records
Time Music Always
Time Music Me
Grown
Joan
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The nice way to meet a guy is through getting to know them first. Then you can really judge their personality. What I can't take is meeting someone, going on a date, getting to know them, then finding out they're a complete psycho - 'Great, I've just wasted all this time on you!'
Katy B / Singer-Songwriter
Psycho
Judge
Date
Complete
Wasted
Meeting
Nice Way
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When I do a festival, I want everyone to have a party, I think it is kind of similar to a club where everyone is there to have a good time and celebrate not being at work or just being able to have fun. I love people dancing to my music as well; if I can make them dance I feel happy.
Katy B / Singer-Songwriter
Celebrate
Love Time Work
Love Work Time
Festival
Have Fun
Similar
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When I was 13, listening to Choice FM, I would listen to a lot of R&B from America, and whenever a British person tried to do it, it didn't really work, they just sounded like they were trying to copy that whole style. Now the music sounds British, something real rather than an imitation.
Katy B / Singer-Songwriter
America
British
Choices
Imitation
Real
Copy
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I love being at home now, improving my cooking. I've got a really bad memory, so my first attempts were a disaster - I'd forget what ingredients to put in. But I do a lasagna that's a crowd-pleaser, and a good lemon drizzle cake, which I take to my mom's for the Sunday roast to fatten the family up.
Katy B / Singer-Songwriter
Home
Mom
Cake
Cooking
Disaster
Forget
Improving
Ingredients
Memories
Sunday
Love Family Mom
Love Family Good
Attempts
Lemon
Memory
Roast
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I would love to have the biggest band that I can have. I'd love to put on a massive show and just give people their money's worth, then just come away from it thinking, 'That was a good show', because it's kind of disappointing sometimes when you go and see someone and you can see they're not that bothered.
Katy B / Singer-Songwriter
Band
Bothered
Disappointing
Giving
Massive
People
Thinking
Love Good Money
Away
Biggest
Show
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