Katy B Quotes

• I guess I've been making records since I was 16, and even when 50 people bought them, I thought that was amazing.

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  People, Records

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• I've always known my own mind, and I'm not shy about speaking it.

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  Mind, Shy, Known

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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.

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  Fans, Influence, Bigs

  "Clare Maguire, Katy B and the Pierces: pop's new queens in waiting". Interview with Caroline Sullivan, www.theguardian.com. December 23, 2010.

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• Dubstep has been big in the UK for years. I'm fine with hearing a dubstep drop in any song.

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  Song, Years, Hearing

  Source: pitchfork.com

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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.

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  Mom, Memories, Home

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• I make music, and if people like it, they like it, and some people won't.

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  People, Ifs

  "Clare Maguire, Katy B and the Pierces: pop's new queens in waiting". Interview with Caroline Sullivan, www.theguardian.com. December 23, 2010.

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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.

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  Dancer, Singers, Wanted

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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.

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  Matter, Excited, Gender

  Source: pitchfork.com

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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.

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  Art, School, People

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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.

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  Thinking, Giving, People

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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.

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  Beach, Dad, Boys

  "Katy B: Soundtrack of my life" by Luke Bainbridge, www.theguardian.com. April 23, 2011.

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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.

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  Retirement, Night, Four

  Source: pitchfork.com

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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.

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  Girl, Trying, Movement

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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.

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  Dancing, People, Guy

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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.

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  Couple, Play, Appreciate

  "Katy B: Soundtrack of my life" by Luke Bainbridge, www.theguardian.com. April 23, 2011.

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• Destiny's Child literally taught me how to sing.

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  Children, Destiny, Taught

  Source: pitchfork.com

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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.

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  Hate, People, Cartoon

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• The first time I went out under the spotlight, I was proper freaked out.

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  Firsts, Spotlight, First Time

  Interview with Eleanor Morgan, www.theguardian.com. December 17, 2011.

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• The days of an open mic night when I'd rock up in an old jumper are over.

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  Night, Rocks, Mics

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• Whenever I'm making something, the challenge is always to create something that's interesting for me to listen to.

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  Interesting, Challenges

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• Studying music, everyone sort of has their own style - it's not like everyone's going for the same part.

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  Style, Studying Music, Study

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• Someone asked me the other day what my favourite record shop was, and I said YouTube.

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  Records, Favourite, Said

  "Katy B: 'The first time I was top of the bill, I was proper freaked out'" by Eleanor Morgan, www.theguardian.com. December 17, 2011.

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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.

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  Real, America, Choices

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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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.

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  Fashion, Jeans, Want Something

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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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.

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  Leaving, Tunes, Would Be

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