Joss Stone Quotes

I only watch TV when I go to hotels.

To me, music has to be about freedom. It's the most important thing in my life.

Life is good. Or at least, it's always interesting.

I'm supposed to be taking time off. But I'm still writing and I have this Gap advert lined up.

Who says soul has only one colour?

It's ok to be sassy, but I'll never be trashy, it's ok to be nasty, but you got to keep it classy now

If you remember one thing from talking to me, remember this: I am just a girl who makes noises - and I'm incredibly lucky that people happen to like those noises.

It's like, 'You're not allowed to change. That's not fair. We like you like this.' But I don't. So let me expand and express myself.

If I could be a doctor and save lives I would, but I can't so I sing songs.

The musicians one day are going to listen to me.

Love #music. It will #love you back.

I don't like listening to music that isn't real.

I feel so, so lucky. Lucky because of many things.

People started saying I was ignoring my country, making up stories about me. Ludicrous things, like that I throw tea on my assistants.

The only country that hasn't liked my music is my own.

It strikes me as weird that a 25 year old man would even find a 16 year old attractive.

If you capture the first thought that you have when you're creating, and then play that to people, it's kind of like the listeners are part of that beginning. And that's the most exciting part.

People grow. It's okay to grow. Some people find that difficult to grasp.

I can be whatever. I can wear shoes or don't wear shoes. I can tie my hair up or wear it down. It doesn't matter.

It would just be nice if everybody would be nice.

It's sad that people listen to music and decide how the singer should look.

I've had to grow up with everyone watching me, which has been hard.

I made my new album 'Colour Me Free!' in a week with my own money.

My family fight, that's the way it is. We're not common as muck or anything but we do have a little fight now and then.

I've got a checklist of things I want - including a Brit, a Grammy, an Oscar and a white poodle. Sometimes it gets lonely, and I want a baby too! I'm ticking things off the list.

There are people in England that claim benefits because they are too nervous to work, so they claim their benefits for anxiety and never have to go out side there free home.

I guess this year I'm going to find out if I'm good enough or not. If I'm not, I don't care. I'll do something else, it's not a biggie.

I like many different things you know so I'm probably going to experiment, and if I didn't I'd be a little bit strange and boring and stiff and kind of dead, and I'm very not that.

I wanted out of my record deal with EMI. They wanted me to record one type of album; I wanted to record the type of music I wanted to make.

People say I'm the white Aretha Franklin. I wish I was her.

If you give yourself too much time, you kind of over-obsess about the music. It's not supposed to be like that.

I just wear what I think looks nice.

I never pay a fortune for clothes.

The British press has been unfair to me and the public has followed.

The recession is everywhere. We need to be heard. Wouldn't it be great if there could be more referendums so we could have regular voting on specific points?

I really love art and I always have in every single different form and I just hope that I'm able to give some art that will touch some people and help them to be more positive and stronger.

I like to dip in and out of all sorts of different things. God, if I was asked to be in a show, like a real show, I would be so up for doing that.

When you get your first record deal, you will do anything, because you just want to sing.

I feel like I'm a quick learner and I'm also very quick to forget. That's why I can't play an instrument because I can't bloody remember it.

I would never want something I'm wearing or the way I'm dancing or something to overshadow what I'm doing. I'd rather grab people's attention with my voice.

When you have the opportunity to make music with great musicians, take it. That's it. That's the only reason I need, really.

There's always a silver lining to every cloud and everything has to happen for a reason and if everything's really challenging, then you can make it into a positive.