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" As much as heartbreak music might be therapeutic, we all want love and long for that feeling. So if a song can give you that feeling, even without being in love, that's amazing. "

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" It's been cool to have my name mentioned when people say R&B is on the comeback and I'm the leading person. If you had told me at 16 that I would be that person - you're lying. "

Ella Mai

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" I always say that when you have friends that are girls, you tell each other everything. "

" There's loads of eyes and expectations. People are almost waiting for you to make a mistake so they can say, 'Oh, she's a one-hit wonder!' "

" I think R&B is way bigger in America. It's not really that mainstream in the U.K. "

" A lot of my music is about love. And that, of course, is super relatable. "

" I definitely believe that there are songs that, as artists, we don't know the full potential. "

" With social media especially, there's a lot of image issues that everyone faces because there's so much pressure on us. "

" I'm very big on feeling. "

" I could never have imagined that, so early in my career, that I'd be ticking off boxes that I've dreamed about since I was a little girl. "

" I think originality is something that's important and catches people's eye. "

" Mustard saw my Instagram probably, like, August of 2015. He just reached out to me by DM on Instagram. "

Ella Mai

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" Everyone in L.A. loves sushi, and I don't understand it at all. "

" When you're in love, your heart and your mind are in sync, and everything just feels right. It's a special feeling. "

" I played soccer for nine years, so I took that route instead of singing. I played on the outside team as well as in school, so I was always playing soccer. It wasn't until I moved back to London that I really, like, started investing in music again and realized, OK, yeah, this is definitely what I want to do. "

" There's a lot of young females doing R&B in England who are extremely talented and deserve more light on their stories. "

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" It's okay to wake up and look however you look. You are beautiful regardless. "

" 'Naked' embodies what everyone, at the end of the day, really wants and how they should feel. "

" I feel like everyone has been in a bitter situation, regardless whether it's cheating or just not being over someone who is over you - you compare yourself to the next. "

" To find out my song made the top 10 was honestly a dream come true. I think it's something that I've dreamed about, and anyone dreams about, their whole life. "

" I've always been singing. Ever since I can remember, I've been singing. "

" Mustard believes in me so much. It's good to have a mentor that's been through it. Even though he's a producer, he's been a new artist. "

" Not everybody gets to wake up and do what they love. "

" The word 'album' makes you nervous, especially 'debut album.' "

" There's a place for R&B in the U.K. industry - a huge market. I hope that 'Boo'd Up' can be a testament to the fact. Sometimes, it takes you moving outside the box to prove that it can be done. "

" A lot of people say 'Boo'd Up' reminds them of '90s R&B. It has that feeling, which is why I think people take to the song so much. "

" Sometimes we misinterpret, sometimes we misunderstand, sometimes we make mistakes. "

" From the end of 2015 to the start of 2016, I was always at the studio with Mustard, just figuring out a sound. "

" I like to leave things open to interpretation. But I also like to make a point. There's two meanings behind each EP title. With 'Time,' that was 'time to move on': you know, you've been in a bad situation; this is enough. But it was also time, in my life, for introducing myself, my first project I was putting out with Mustard. A new exciting time. "

" I was a huge Lauryn Hill fan; that was all my mom would listen to in the car. "