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" 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. "

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" The first time I found out that 'Boo'd Up' went platinum, I was handed the plaque. They really surprised me. I thought we were gold, and then Mustard and my managers brought the plaque to my rehearsals and told me. I was like, 'You are lying!' Like, I couldn't believe it. I'm just honored, honestly. It's a great feeling. "

Ella Mai

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" I think it's harder for R&B to break in England because the radio and labels don't really know what to do with R&B music. "

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

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

" 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. "

" I was 12 years old when I first moved to New York, and at that age, you're trying to find yourself. It was hard being so different from everyone I was around, and I felt that nobody could really understand me because everyone was American, and I was this little English girl with an accent. "

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

" I write in a diary every night to collect my thoughts. It's very therapeutic to songwrite, because it's the same thing. "

" My mom used to play a lot of music around the house, and I think that's where I get my inspiration from. "

" As much as a lot of my music is very R&B, there's a bounce to it that obviously makes it easier to perform live. It's upbeat and uptempo. "

" I wanted to show people that I don't just make love songs that are about purely being in love. "

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

" 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. "

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

Ella Mai

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

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

" A lot of 'Time' was actually about a friend's relationship and me seeing what she went through and how she felt. "

" I've learned a lot. I've seen a lot. I've grown a lot. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" People make careers off of Instagram. So in that sense, it's really good, and you can put yourself out there and be open. "

" I'm very big on feeling. "

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

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

" A lot of the times, if relationships go badly, you concentrate on the negative. But in those situations, there is always a positive outcome that you can learn from. So, I like to concentrate on the lesson and how I can learn from this. I concentrate on me rather than concentrating on the actual situation. "

Ella Mai

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