I went from playing small gigs for 80 people to like 2,000 or 3,000 people, and they were arriving with all this expectation and excitement. — Corinne Bailey Rae Copy Share Image
Being mixed race in Britain in the '80s and '90s, there just weren't loads of people who looked like me. — Corinne Bailey Rae Copy Share Image
I really like melodies that have a certain tension against the chords. I like writing things that are sort of insistent. — Corinne Bailey Rae Copy Share Image
With music I feel like it's the one time when I don't have to think and I don't have to contrive anything. — Corinne Bailey Rae Copy Share Image
American music has become really heavily stylised and focused on production. With producers like the Neptunes and Timbaland, it's so much about… — Corinne Bailey Rae Copy Share Image
Because of my background, I never felt comfortable with these R&B divas, but I'd hate to be just some pensive girl with a guitar. — Corinne Bailey Rae Copy Share Image
“Sometimes you win or sometimes you lose. I don't wanna lose you, Don't even own you. I just wanna stay right here, Until never… — Corinne Bailey Rae Copy Share Image
I loved music from a young age. At school I played the violin but I didn't sing much; there was an expectation of the… — Corinne Bailey Rae Copy Share Image
I find so much freedom in singing and so much expression of my self. I feel so connected to the people in the audience,… — Corinne Bailey Rae Copy Share Image
We went to Baptist church as a family, and that took up so many nights a week. — Corinne Bailey Rae Copy Share Image
As an artist, you want to form your own identity and be your own performer. — Corinne Bailey Rae Copy Share Image
All the changes you go through personally really affect the music you make, and my music on the one hand is personal and the… — Corinne Bailey Rae Copy Share Image
