I always say, 'There's a difference between cooked food and McDonald's.' Your mom's homemade dinner - you enjoy this more than you enjoy the fast food that comes along and goes, and I strive to make homemade dinner every time I put out an album.

— Estelle

If you cannot smile when you listen to music, then do not listen to it!

— Estelle

John Legend is a cool guy. He likes to chill, is easy to talk to and hang out with. He's also inspiring on a musical level.

— Estelle

Me being a black girl in London, whose mom is first-generation African and whose dad is West Indian, gives me a different view. I'm coming at soul from my own place.

— Estelle

My mom, for all intents and purposes, was a single parent.

— Estelle

No one goes straight to happiness after a breakup.

— Estelle

Sometimes I wake up in the morning and feel like going straight back to bed. But I still have to get up and work, and I still have to take advantage of the chances I've been given in life.

— Estelle

You can't please everybody. I give up. I'm not trying to. Furthermore, I don't care. Leave me alone with that.

— Estelle

You have to have courage to look back and be honest about your own drama.

— Estelle