Quotes by Jessie J

About Jessie J:

Jessica Ellen Cornish is an English singer and songwriter. Born and raised in London, she began her career on stage, aged 11, with a role in the West End musical Whistle Down the Wind. She studied at the BRIT School before signing with Gut Records and striking a songwriting deal with Sony/ATV Music Publishing where she wrote for artists including Chris Brown and Miley Cyrus.
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Sometimes you have to be a diva. All the artists I admire from Madonna to Whitney to Mariah have all been called divas. If you are strong, if you have vision, if you are an artist, you have to do what you believe in. And if you get called a diva for ...

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I'm an artist, but I'm also a businesswoman, and sometimes you have to play hard.

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It's weird because when you initially write a song, you write it with no understanding that the world is maybe going to hear it one day. So when you go into the studio, you don't see the hundreds of people at a gig or the viewers on TV, you just writ...

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I've grown up a lot, and I've realized that what I need to make myself happy is the people around you.

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I'm so happy people are seeing the eclectic side of me. I'm really honored to be able to push my voice into different sounds. Otherwise it all gets a bit samey same.

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The message I want to give my fans is, always have a way to pull yourself out of the dark place. Don't sit and cry about it. Have your moment, and then get over it.

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I always imagine the world and myself above it and how minute one negative person's voice is in comparison to the amount of people that are in the world.

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My style is constantly evolving. Style has been something that I think has been the hardest thing for me to come to terms with.

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When I was nine, I was diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat and was prescribed beta blockers, which had the side effect of turning my skin green. Looking like Shrek's little sister at school wasn't the easiest thing.

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Some of the stage outfits I've got are ridiculous. I'll lay out clothes to pack, and it'll look like Polly Pocket clothing - because it's all stretchy, it's tiny. I don't need a case when I tour; I can fit it all in my handbag.

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During my stage shows, I am so energetic. It's constant! I just don't stand still. I actually got given a mic stand from my team to say 'Just calm down. Stand still for at least two songs.' But now I just pick it up and walk around with it.

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I'm glad I was faced with different cultures when I was growing up because I wasn't fazed by it. It has been a huge benefit to me; I feel comfortable wherever I go.

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And that's the kind of thing people think, you know, that if you sign up to be a singer-songwriter you know how to deal with people setting up hate websites, or people being obsessed with you and crying when you touch them, but you don't, and you jus...

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I'm not afraid to have no make-up on and no hair. I just want to be stripped back.

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You know, as a woman, it is tough to get to the top - like to get to that respected level in this industry - in any industry, I think.

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I like stripper shoes. I like being tall because I'm claustrophobic.

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I'm glad I've had to struggle. It's made me the artist I am now.

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I can play the air guitar really, really well.

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If I'm on a bus and someone makes my blood boil, I'll pocket those emotions and put them in a song.

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I always wanted to be an artist; being a songwriter for myself was always a must but being a songwriter for others has been a bonus.

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I'm so hard on myself that when I'm in the studio, I'll write 10 songs and only use one. So those nine songs that are left over, I always think, 'Where could these go? Who could they be for?'

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Author Bio

  • NameJessie J
  • DescriptionEnglish singer and songwriter
  • AliasesJessica Ellen Cornish
  • BornMarch 27, 1988
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionSinger; Singer-songwriter; Autobiographer