“My mum is West African, from Senegal; my dad is from Grenada. There wa...” — Estelle Quote

“My mum is West African, from Senegal; my dad is from Grenada. There was a huge controversy about them getting together.”

“I'm used to traveling. I'm used to being in different areas of the world. Home is where my suitcase lands.”

“In order for me to write, I have to experience life. I write the songs based on real life, and I perform them from a very real place.”

“I'm always very proud of belonging to three minorities: gay, Jewish, white South African.”

“The South Africans decided that they would like to prove to the world they did not have any nuclear weapons and their decision was not doubted because it was the end of the Cold War, it was also the end of apartheid.”

“The harsh truth is that 'respectability' is the exorbitant tax we African Americans are forced to pay daily as we try to live out our versions of the American Dream.”