Latest Jessie Ware Quotes from Interviews

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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

  Football, Boys, Thinking

  Source: www.elle.com

• 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

  Team, Thinking, People

  Source: www.elle.com

• 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.

  Jessie Ware

  Playing Dress Up, People, Grace

  Source: pitchfork.com

• 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

  Couple, Voice, People

  Source: pitchfork.com

• 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

  Giving, Acting, Normal

  Source: pitchfork.com

• 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

  Running, Stars, Fun

  Source: pitchfork.com

• 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.

  Jessie Ware

  Simple, People, Dave

  Source: pitchfork.com

• 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

  School, Law, Trying

  Source: pitchfork.com

• 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

  Dream, People, Guilt

  Source: pitchfork.com

• 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.

  Jessie Ware

  Girl, Song, Real

  Source: pitchfork.com

• I have moments, like a guy saying to me on the tube, "You know, you look a lot like Jessie Ware."

  Jessie Ware

  Guy, Looks, Moments

  Source: www.motherjones.com

• 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

  Doors, Waiting, Want

  Source: www.motherjones.com

• 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

  Song, Thinking, Play

  Source: www.motherjones.com

• 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

  Cute, Brother, Gay

  Source: www.motherjones.com