“Of all the soul divas, Gladys Knight was the one for me. Knight's alwa...” — Alison Moyet Quote

“Of all the soul divas, Gladys Knight was the one for me. Knight's always been about tone and heart, none of the big showboating or extraneous doodling. She nailed a melody and only played a little around the edges like Ma Staple.”

“When I saw Adele, I thought: 'I'll give it an hour before people say I was her,' just because I was fat. When you watch 'X Factor,' you can bet your bottom dollar, every single fat singer sounds like me as far as the judges are concerned. Can you imagine if they did that with every black artist?”

“It is always the great challenge when you have a good team and you have good players and you find a way to keep those players with you, then how do you add around the edges?”

“Success can make you go one of two ways. It can make you a prima donna - or it can smooth the edges, take away the insecurities, let the nice things come out.”

“I'm pretty rough around the edges, but I'm a very open person.”