Mabel Quotes

Mabel

Profession : Musician

Birth : February 20, 1996

I think growing up, people want to put you in a box and label you quite often, just because it's kind of easier, I guess.

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Coming from an R&B background, I was like, 'I'm gonna make slow jams.'

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I wish I could teleport and cut out the travelling in between gigs. I want the luxury of the shows without the painful bits stuck on a tour bus.

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In the bathroom, having taken my make-up off and opened my eyes, I always think there's a ghost behind me. It feels like there's a weird presence. Maybe it's my brain reacting to me without make-up.

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Swedes celebrate Christmas Eve. Every Sunday leading up to Christmas, we light a candle, then make gingerbread and saffron buns.

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Harry Styles threw a cream pie at my face in front of 15,000 people to thank me for the months we spent on the road.

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I was a sensitive kid.

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I think there's something amazing about British soul.

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I want to be known for my music, and that takes time.

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I really wanted to find my own path.

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My first-ever radio interview was with Annie Mac on Radio 1!

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The important thing is that my music is getting a positive reaction and that people are connecting with it.

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All the buzz can be very much here today and gone tomorrow, but my focus is creating music that will last forever.

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I grew up listening to loads of afrobeats; my grandad's Sierra Leonean, so that was always around. My mum loves those kind of beats, too.

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Youssou N'Dour was really important to me growing up.

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I've been working a lot with this girl Kelly Kiara. She's amazing. She's going to be super important for R&B coming out of the U.K.

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I am very much my own person and my own artist.

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I think people look back at the '90s as a golden era of female empowerment.

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I like to spend time alone before I go on stage.

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I have a lot of energy in general, and I am pretty crazy.

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