Joss Stone Quotes

Who says soul has only one colour?

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

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.

The musicians one day are going to listen to me.

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

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

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

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

People forget what it was like to be young, the stuff I’m expressing now is for the first time.

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

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

It’s not a deliberate thing. It’s not like I was rejecting the UK, which is what the papers said. It’s just that when you spend a lot of time in your formative years around an accent, you’re going to pick it up. I had been living in LA for a bit and that’s what happened.

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 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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

I’m 19, I’m a girl, I’m very young, I like all sorts of different things, I like all sorts of different styles of music, I like all sorts of different styles of clothes, I like all sorts of different colors of hair.