Justine Skye Quotes

Justine Skye

Profession : Musician

Birth : August 24, 1995

Everyone that's come into my life, everything that has happened, has been a part of the plan. It's not even about being in the industry or becoming more popular; it's just about growing and outgrowing some people.

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You got to learn when to be the bigger person, especially in the entertainment business.

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When you're in the limelight, you can't always lash out.

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We all feel like we're alone, but as artists, we get to see firsthand from our fans that we're not. Hearing them scream the words to your songs is the most amazing feeling.

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I get nervous every single time. It doesn't matter if there're five people or five thousand. What I have noticed is that the more people there are, the less nervous I am. It's way harder to impress five people.

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The first three years my hair was purple, I still was trying to convince myself that I hated the color purple.

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When it comes to dance hall music, I definitely listened to a lot of Vybz Kartel growing up or Gyptian and Mavado.

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When it comes to '90s R&B, I grew up on a lot of Aaliyah and Destiny's Child, Missy Elliott, Usher, Jill Scott. Whatever my mom was playing in the house is what I was listening to.

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I kind of came about at the same time as Instagram, and it becomes, like, your portfolio. When people search who you are, they search Instagram, and I feel like people aren't even using Google anymore.

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It all started with social media, building a fan base via Tumblr and YouTube, doing covers, and releasing a project with original music. Labels started to peel interest then. It was around the same time I was applying for college.

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What inspires me is the relationships and situations I find myself in as I grow and learn.

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My style is very spontaneous.

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For the most part, my daily attire is comfortable yet fashionable - I guess you can call it tomboyish.

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My mom is an entertainment attorney, and she brought me to a BMI panel for people who were interested in becoming artists. While I was there, her friends kept peer pressuring me to go and sing in front of everyone because I was a very, very shy girl.

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I just want to make great music. There's not a genre that I would categorize it as, but I want it to be true and authentic.

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I'm hoping that people will love the music, but at the same time, the most important thing to me is that I love the music.

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When I was 16, I started to spend a lot of time in Soho and downtown New York and noticed everyone's style and the eclectic things people would wear. And that's when I started to experiment with things like my lipstick and mixing different kinds of pieces and, of course, my hair color.

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One thing that I must do with every wash is deep condition. I have this theory in my head that it will make my hair really healthy, especially since I'm always keeping it in different styles.

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Being a brown girl, I like to wear colors that are similar to my skin tone, so I wear a lot of dark colors - never anything that's too bright.

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Growing up, it was always a huge battle with my mom to let me color my hair or add extensions.

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