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

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I love Barbra Streisand and Sade who've both had careers in soul and I want my music to have that timeless quality that isn't necessarily now.

quality careers soul

I did my dissertation on Kafka. by Jessie Ware

I did my dissertation on Kafka.

dissertation

Dance music has pushed its way into the mainstream. Which is good... by Jessie Ware

Dance music has pushed its way into the mainstream. Which is good for me.

dance-music mainstream way

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.

gay brother cute

I guess I'm a real fan of older music, and that's what shaped my... by Jessie Ware

I guess I'm a real fan of older music, and that's what shaped my taste and the way I sing.

fans real way

I don't think too far ahead because I want to appreciate what's h... by Jessie Ware

I don't think too far ahead because I want to appreciate what's happening now.

appreciate want thinking

I don't know if I should say this, but I feel more like a singer... by Jessie Ware

I don't know if I should say this, but I feel more like a singer than an artist.

singers artist should

I have moments, like a guy saying to me on the tube, "You know, y... by Jessie Ware

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

guy moments looks

I don't know if fame will come. by Jessie Ware

I don't know if fame will come.

ifs knows fame

I can't eat before I go onstage because I've learnt that burping on stage isn't a good thing. It's all about acid reflux.

acid-reflux stage good-things

I am just trying to keep it real. by Jessie Ware

I am just trying to keep it real.

keeping-it-real real trying

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.

waiting want doors

There are so many great singers out there. by Jessie Ware

There are so many great singers out there.

singers

I've become one of those annoying people who brings their own foo... by Jessie Ware

I've become one of those annoying people who brings their own food on to planes.

airplane annoying people

I had just finished a run of shows in the States and went to NY to work with BenZel for a couple weeks, mainly as a different focus to touring. I didn't have any expectations or pressures with what would come out of those two weeks, and think 'Tough Love' sums this up. It was me experimenting with my voice and having fun with it. It just felt right and kind of dictated the route of the next album, much like 'Devotion' did on my first album

couple running fun

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.

girl real song

For me 'You & I Forever' is celebrating the person you love being by your side. This is what it means to others

your-side love-is mean

A female vocal can lift a song. by Jessie Ware

A female vocal can lift a song.

lifts female song

Good music shouldn't have a shelf life. by Jessie Ware

Good music shouldn't have a shelf life.

shelf-life shelves

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.

play song thinking