Song Quotes by Lisa Stansfield

14 Song quotes by Lisa Stansfield

Lisa Stansfield’s soulful sensibility comes through in this compact collection of fourteen reflections, each one offering a gentle reminder of why songs can feel like a warm embrace.

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Probably because the first two albums were so successful, we got a little bit smug.

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I was probably about four when I really wanted to start singing.

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For me, learning how to sing was just like learning how to speak.

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People thought I disappeared, but I never went away. Music has always been a priority.

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Business people want things to be safe but that's rubbish to me. In music nothing should be safe.

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When I make an album I love to spend a long time making it and put my heart and soul into it.

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I like to tinkle at my piano when I'm working out a new song - I just put my fingers down and…

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The power of music is a wonderful thing. It can make us happy, make us cry. It can make us forget and…

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When all my friends were into punk, I'd be singing versions of soul ballads. I thought, 'Oh my God, I don't want…

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I knew I'd made it when I was sitting on the bus into Rochdale and there was an old man listening to…

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One of the only things I've regretted was saying yes to a TV special, 'Motown Mania,' and I said I'll sing you…

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People say to me about my music 'it got me through college, it saved my marriage, it helped me to come out.'…

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People get trapped sometimes and they don't feel they have a voice. And if you can in some way help someone by…

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In terms of the production, the style I use is what I see as the 'Lisa Stansfield sound' and I would hope…

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I've always been political but I don't like to bring it into my work any more because I think it limits me.

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My life isn't very racy or exciting so I make things up, tell stories. I like telling stories.

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I've never been a twerking kind of girl. I've always relied on my talent.

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I was the first white British woman to reach No 1 on the R&B chart - the American black music chart.

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