Estelle chats to I Like Music
ILM: What is your advice for young people just starting out in their careers on achieving their dreams? Doing what they want career wise?
ESTELLE: Figure out who you are on a real level. Don't sit there and be a follower. Be who YOU are. You're going to figure it out all through your twenties. But try and do the best you can, go above and beyond. Don't just accept your friend down the road's opinion. They're not buying your record, find out a different point of view. Don't be hard faced about it. If you ask for advice you're going to get 100% real advice.
But don't go to people who've not done anything, or people in the industry who've got very little experience. Go and ask advice of people who are where you want to be. I play my records to Wyclef Jean because he's legendary, or Swizzie because they're legendary. I want to be legendary. Let me find out your opinion on my stuff and where I can make it better. You have nothing to lose. And if you have no access to those kinds of people, find the people in your town that are doing it. Forget the genre or style, find the people who are big in your town. Find The Feeling or an artist or manager who had made a pop hit and find out their opinion. Don't limit yourself.
ILM: How's New York been and are you still having sleeping problems?
ESTELLE: I've figured out I have sleeping problems when I have something to be worried about. But right now I have nothing to be worried about. I did my best with the album and there's so much love and support for it, I have nothing to be worried about. But someone said to me, it's the panic that nothing's going wrong. You're used to things going wrong. But also this schedule is keeping me very tired, so I'm sleeping better now.page << 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 >>
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Newton Faulkner: ilikemusic because... I’m absolutely rubbish at everything else.
simon f baker: ilikemusic because... you can transcend the confines of the material world with it, it's probably better than shagging in fact. There is virtually nothing more satisfying than when a load of chords and words suddenly come together into a song ; suddenly everything in life seems to fit and make sense once more.
PLAIN JANE: ilikemusic because... I LOVE MUSIC AND SINGING
ESPECIALLY BLONDIE...here is why:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ThE3C59ffw
Kevin Michael: ilikemusic because... I’ve been singing my entire life. I cannot go without listening to it or singing for a day. I wake up to it, I go to sleep to it, I am music.
Ellen, Los Campesinos: ilikemusic because... It’s the best form of escapism that you can have wherever you are. You could be completely miserable or waiting for a bus and put on any song that inspires you and you can escape into a little world, well that’s what I tend to do anyway.
lolo: ilikemusic because... music is where some people display affection, show emotions and actually showing off who they are and their thinking. it is special unlike anything cos it goes out and never comes in back but in others.
Ryan, OneRepublic: ilikemusic because... It is the soundtrack to my life every day.
Omid16B: ilikemusic because... It makes me feel whole and makes me feel like I have my feet on the ground. It makes me feel love again and reminds me of what we are. It allows me to express myself.
Jez, Utah Saints: ilikemusic because... It’s very good for the soul.