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I come from an African Caribbean background. I've been influenced by a reggae church music style, contemporary gospel, and rock all fused together.
— Laura Mvula
My parents were quite strict; we couldn't just listen to whatever music we wanted. It was very much like they monitored what we listened to.
— Laura Mvula
Voice. And maybe
— Kristin Hannah
One of the things I haven't been ready for is how male-dominated the music industry is. I just didn't have a clue.
— Laura Mvula
In the extreme, fads can arise, spread through, and then disappear from a community in a fraction of a human generation.
— Hal Whitehead
Americans are not used to being bombed in their beds, but if you come from anywhere outside America, it's not highly unusual.
— Mira Nair
I like pastels and lighter shades on darker skins. I feel like it lifts everything and accentuates being chocolate.
— Laura Mvula
I really love jazz, but I will never be a jazz musician as much as I dream. But, I think that the jazz music I love is there in my music.
— Laura Mvula
God's Word doesn't change, the message doesn't shift. It can't be compromised in any way. It's where we stand firm.
— James MacDonald
I respect hippos. They just look the way they do; they can't do anything about it, but they don't seem bothered.
— Laura Mvula
I want a lot of people to see my movies. More black people. More white people. I want to make that connection.
— Tyler Perry
Hasn't life taught me well enough? Love is not mine to find. I'm a fool. Damn it to hell.
— Debra Anastasia
I write songs from the heart, and I don't hold back.
— Laura Mvula
It's not my passion to wake up at 6:00 in the morning to do my exercises. Sometimes I really hate it. I'm lazy.
— Sibel Kekilli
I always said when I was younger, I wanted to write film music, and I think that's what my ultimate dream is.
— Laura Mvula
It's important for any artist - particularly female artists - to feel completely comfortable and to know what they're trying to do.
— Laura Mvula
When it comes to relationships; sometimes you get it right, and sometimes it gets you right.
— R.L. Byrd
My parents encouraged us to commit to things, so if we wanted to learn an instrument, it was all the grades and all the theory.
— Laura Mvula
Taxi drivers used to ask me what kind of music I did, and I'd say, 'Well, it's kind of jazz, soul, classical' - but that makes no sense to anyone.
— Laura Mvula
The first time I sang in church, when I was ten, the applause was so overwhelming that I started to weep. My mum had to rescue me from the stage.
— Laura Mvula
Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.
— Henry Ford
My songs are very personal, which means they are fantastically therapeutic to write, but performing them night after night is emotionally draining.
— Laura Mvula
Limitlessness is important for me; I want to be able to use every opportunity to push me forward onto the next thing.
— Laura Mvula
I don't talk about Amy Winehouse as a 'singer.' She's a pioneer. I listened to her endlessly when I started writing.
— Laura Mvula
I love church buildings, particularly cathedrals, and I like living in spaces that remind me of music or evoke that creative energy.
— Laura Mvula
I listen to a lot of choral stuff at home, but I'm also liking Labrinth, Emeli Sande, Tom Odell and Wretch 32.
— Laura Mvula
Who made you the center of the universe?
— Laura Mvula
'Green Garden' is about beauty and joy and lush green and dance and excitement and smiling from within.
— Laura Mvula
As long as I'm prepared, I always expect to win.
— Jack Nicklaus
I don't think I've ever been chatted up, and I don't think I've ever chatted anyone up. The Fresh Prince has the best chat-up lines.
— Laura Mvula
Lizz Wright is my favourite singer. Her voice moves me and takes me to another place. She also grows her own food, and that inspires me.
— Laura Mvula