“I read someplace that when I was signed to EMI, they reeled in the 'hi...” — Corinne Bailey Rae Quote

“I read someplace that when I was signed to EMI, they reeled in the 'hit-makers.' The presumption is that 'cause you're a young girl, black, smiley, with curly hair, you can't have written the songs. It totally winds me up.”

“I find so much freedom in singing and so much expression of my self. I feel so connected to the people in the audience, and I feel spiritually connected when I'm doing it.”

“I didn't expect my popularity to be a mainstream thing, 'cause I'd only ever been an underground artist.”

“I have very curly hair and I straighten it every day - it takes maybe two minutes. I can't imagine anyone having a bigger challenge than I do in the kinkiness that is my crazy 'fro.'”

“My spiked hair goes back about 15 years ago. I had long, curly rocker hair then. The woman who cuts my hair thought I needed a new style, so I let her surprise me. I flipped when I first saw it, but I soon realized the look was really me. I've always been a little crazy.”

“I don't even know how to explain the feeling that I get from being a curly girl. There's a whole new personality.”