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Never expect, never presume, always work hard and always be true to who you are.

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Jessie J
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: March 27
Autobiographer
Music Executive
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
Jessica Ellen Cornish
Jessica Cornish
Presume
Expect
True
Hard
Work
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Being bullied means you’re special and that’s what I want all kids to know.
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There are a lot of people holding on to the old Jessie J - whatever that means - but I think there's a lot more people realizing what I'm about. I think people like it.
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It's really important to me that my niece and nephews can come and see my show, as can my grandad and nan. I love spending time with my family, and music has always bonded us.
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I want young people to know that they can belong - whatever your culture, your religion, your sexuality - that you can live life how you want to live it and feel comfortable how you are.
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I wasn't always someone who was talented. It was more that I was loud and loved a challenge.
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I'm so hard on myself that when I'm in the studio, I'll write 10 songs and only use one. So those nine songs that are left over, I always think, 'Where could these go? Who could they be for?'
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I guess karma comes back around 'cause now I'm the one that's hurting
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He didn't flinch, but in his soul he did.
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But I love singing live. Nothing beats the feeling of going out on stage and going, 'I can really sing.'
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Sometimes you have to be a diva. All the artists I admire from Madonna to Whitney to Mariah have all been called divas. If you are strong, if you have vision, if you are an artist, you have to do what you believe in. And if you get called a diva for it, then so what.
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During my stage shows, I am so energetic. It's constant! I just don't stand still. I actually got given a mic stand from my team to say 'Just calm down. Stand still for at least two songs.' But now I just pick it up and walk around with it.
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I'm so happy people are seeing the eclectic side of me. I'm really honored to be able to push my voice into different sounds. Otherwise it all gets a bit samey same.
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I remember while I was at school some of my Muslim friends talked about a handful of people spoiling things in every culture. Hatred or hurt or pain isn't specific to a religion. I think it's a matter of acceptance. The one thing the world has to accept is everybody is different. What is normal to us is different and unusual to somebody else.
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I love cleaning, weird but true. It really relaxes me.
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A hairdresser who did my hair said, You, my darling, have something that we call successful' hair, which is basically battered hair that's split and falling out in the back because you've had to blow-dry it every day. I don't want my hair falling out, so I wear wigs!
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If you don't believe in yourself nobody else will believe in you.
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I always wanted to be an artist being a songwriter for myself was always a must but being a songwriter for others has been a bonus.
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Tears don't mean you're losing, everybody's bruising, Just be true to who you are
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I never complain that I'm tired, because I know as soon as I get a good nine hours' sleep, I'm cool.
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And I definitely do that very British thing of, take things with a pinch of salt, stiff upper lip, you know what I mean?
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