Alesha Dixon Quotes

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Alesha Dixon

Profession : Musician

Birth : October 7, 1978

I think all human beings can surprise themselves when they are in situations where they are tested. That's when you see your true character coming out, and I was definitely tested.

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Dancing is one of the best ways of expressing yourself, and I definitely use it to release emotion.

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Every young person needs to have a character that they can identify with and feel included by.

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There still aren't many black women on prime-time TV. Times are changing, but it's interesting: we're in 2013 and still experiencing firsts... Hopefully, in the next 100 years, things will balance even more.

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You can't always trust people with your heart, but you should still love anyway. That's what I would say.

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I do believe that men and women are different, and that should be celebrated, but at the same time, I think there's a lot of things girls can do, and do equally, as well. Whether it's fighting for equal pay or just to be treated with respect, it's something I think is really important.

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When I was a little girl, I was a little bit of a show off.

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I like 'Strictly' because it is warm, glamourous, and brings families together.

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I have different methods. Sometimes I just like to immerse myself in music; that's a really good way to switch off from the world. I also like to listen to Eckhart Tolle, a very wise, very spiritual man, who teaches us how to live in the present.

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I had kind of left college. I wanted to study to be a sports teacher, but I had that little inner voice within me that said, 'You should be doing something else,' and I followed that gut instinct.

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Before I got into music, I studied sport and used to run for my county.

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I'd be lying if I did not say that being a woman of colour is something I am always mindful or aware of.

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What I've learnt is to be in the now. It's something my mum has always said to me, and when I read a book called 'The Power of Now' by Eckhart Tolle, I realised just how important it is.

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It's rare to see a person of colour in a lead role. It does matter to a lot of people.

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Dad's fear, especially when I was 18, was that, in the music industry in the U.K., there wasn't really anybody I would aspire to who was of black origin and who was successful. It was mainly black American musicians in the charts and, at that age, I think you look for someone you can identify with, and there wasn't really anyone.

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I used to be cagey about my love life. I was cagey for four years. Az and I only decided to come out because we were pregnant. Otherwise, we would have kept it quiet. It really was a case of staying private. I am not one of those people who frivolously throws their private life out there.

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I exercise to stay strong, healthy, and stage-ready. I never prepare for a red carpet - I just go with the flow.

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Even though I haven't released a song since 2010, I have still performed, so I don't feel I have been completely away from music. I have been away on a mainstream level, of course. But releasing a single this way - on my own independent record label - is more fun.

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I have definitely had times in my career where I have wondered whether I have had to work a bit harder, prove myself more, but I would never want to be in a position where I am saying, 'Oh, I did not get that job because of my race.'

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The most important thing for me, when somebody asks me what I class as being a success, is being a decent human being.

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