I’m so hard on myself that when I’m in the studio, I’ll write 10 songs and only use one. So those nine songs that are left over, I always think, ‘Where could these go? Who could they be for?’ – Jessie J
I think if I wasn’t a singer I’d probably do make-up and beauty and hair and something creative like styling; I really enjoy it. – Jessie J
And I definitely do that very British thing of, take things with a pinch of salt, stiff upper lip, you know what I mean? – Jessie J
And that’s the kind of thing people think, you know, that if you sign up to be a singer-songwriter you know how to deal with people setting up hate websites, or people being obsessed with you and crying when you touch them, but you don’t, and you just have to deal with. – Jessie J
I’m the most un-diva-ish person you’ll meet. I’m never rude to people and I am always on time. – Jessie J
My style is constantly evolving. Style has been something that I think has been the hardest thing for me to come to terms with. – Jessie J
I have become a bit obsessed with eyebrows. I used to never have any, and then I realised big eyebrows are good, and now I’m an eyebrow fiend. Everyone comes to me to get their eyebrows done. – Jessie J
I’m someone who’d never base how happy I am on how much money I have, or how good a restaurant is because of how posh it is. – Jessie J
I’m not really the party person. I don’t ‘become myself’ once I’m drunk. I don’t use alcohol to be happy. – Jessie J
You know, as a woman, it is tough to get to the top – like to get to that respected level in this industry – in any industry, I think. – Jessie J
I started to look like a cartoon character with the fringe and the catsuits. Yes, I want to change and mix it up. I want to change my hair, change my style. I want to be allowed to grow. – Jessie J
Some of the stage outfits I’ve got are ridiculous. I’ll lay out clothes to pack, and it’ll look like Polly Pocket clothing – because it’s all stretchy, it’s tiny. I don’t need a case when I tour; I can fit it all in my handbag. – Jessie J
My attitude goes back to my childhood. I used to audition for theatrical roles, and you can’t stand out in a room full of ambitious eight-year-old girls by acting the wallflower. I realised then that I couldn’t do things half-heartedly. – Jessie J
I might put a nicer pair of heels on and a cooler outfit, but I’m still that naughty girl who likes a slice of cheesecake on my day off. – Jessie J
I’d hate it if everyone in the world liked me, my music and what I wore. It’d make it boring, and I wouldn’t have anything to work towards. It’s not to everyone’s taste, but I can only be me. – Jessie J
I had knockback after knockback before I got anywhere. After I got my first record deal I thought that was it, then Gut Records went into liquidation. I was 20. I had no idea what that meant. I had a few days to get myself out of that contract or my work would be owned by someone else. – Jessie J
It’s weird because when you initially write a song, you write it with no understanding that the world is maybe going to hear it one day. So when you go into the studio, you don’t see the hundreds of people at a gig or the viewers on TV, you just write a song without any inhibitions or boundaries. – Jessie J
I’m so happy people are seeing the eclectic side of me. I’m really honored to be able to push my voice into different sounds. Otherwise it all gets a bit samey same. – Jessie J
I was obsessed with the Spice Girls! I always wanted to be Sporty. Or Posh, but I wasn’t pretty enough. – Jessie J
I remember while I was at school some of my Muslim friends talked about a handful of people spoiling things in every culture. Hatred or hurt or pain isn’t specific to a religion. I think it’s a matter of acceptance. The one thing the world has to accept is everybody is different. What is normal to us is different and unusual to somebody else. – Jessie J
I won’t lie – when you’re first bringing out music and you want people to notice, you probably overdo it, especially as a girl. – Jessie J
Children used to get bullied at school. Now they go home, and that’s where the problem starts – because they sit on their phones all night, thinking about who’s ‘liked’ a photo of them, who hates them, who loves them. They don’t know what’s real and what’s not, editing their lives constantly to fit other people’s views. – Jessie J
Do what makes you feel good. Remind yourself of what you’re good at and make sure you do that. – Jessie J
If I’m on a bus and someone makes my blood boil, I’ll pocket those emotions and put them in a song. – Jessie J
I feel like a lot of the industry and media portray this image of what beautiful is, or how you should dress, or how you should look, and I don’t think it’s healthy. – Jessie J
