When I did my rock band, I pined for a more soulful sound. I wanted music that was very melodic and blues-based. — Corinne Bailey Rae Copy Share Image
I believe that music can encourage you to move on from painful events. It helps to make a scar fade. — 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… — Corinne Bailey Rae Copy Share Image
I don't respond well to time pressure - when you're in the studio, with the clock ticking, and the record company's waiting… — 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
Punk and jazz are the opposite ends of the same spectrum because they are both looking for freedom and they give musicians… — Corinne Bailey Rae Copy Share Image
People make assumptions about me based on my music. I've literally had people stop me in the street: 'You are so sweet.… — Corinne Bailey Rae Copy Share Image
My dad hates reggae. He's from St. Kitts, which is a really British island, with Victorian values. He doesn't have a strong… — Corinne Bailey Rae Copy Share Image
I'd always thought pop stars had to be really sophisticated and grown-up. So I was enchanted by Bjork's childlikeness. I'd never heard… — Corinne Bailey Rae Copy Share Image
Belly made me aware that you could write songs that were mysterious or vulnerable. Their guitar-led music was in some ways very… — 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… — 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
Being a musician is quite cerebral - there's a lot of sitting around. — Corinne Bailey Rae Copy Share Image
I think the [music] industry really suffered from music being available online because it made young people feel, "why should you pay… — 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
It's kind of a journalistic thing to say, 'This person is the next so and so.' I think actual musicians are never… — Corinne Bailey Rae Copy Share Image
My mum would take us to ballet, and we used to go as a family to Brownies. My dad used to take… — Corinne Bailey Rae Copy Share Image
In America sometimes I'll play to a full black audience of young people, they will be really getting into this super-aggressive guitar… — Corinne Bailey Rae Copy Share Image
Like a Star' has a very simple melody, and when you play it, it's only about three notes for ages, and it's… — 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
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