Joss Stone quotes:

People started saying I was ignoring my country, making up stories about me. Ludicrous things, like that I throw tea on my assistants.

I've got a checklist of things I want - including a Brit, a Grammy, an Oscar and a white poodle. Sometimes it gets lonely, and I want a baby too! I'm ticking things off the list.

I'm supposed to be taking time off. But I'm still writing and I have this Gap advert lined up.

People say I'm the white Aretha Franklin. I wish I was her.

I guess this year I'm going to find out if I'm good enough or not. If I'm not, I don't care. I'll do something else, it's not a biggie.

To me, music has to be about freedom. It's the most important thing in my life.

For me, personally, Mind, Body and Soul is my real debut.

It's sad that people listen to music and decide how the singer should look.

Who says soul has only one colour?

I'm 19, I'm a girl, I'm very young, I like all sorts of different things, I like all sorts of different styles of music, I like all sorts of different styles of clothes, I like all sorts of different colors of hair.

I wanted people not to look at me as a little girl, but I was a little girl so how could I ask the world not to?

It's like, 'You're not allowed to change. That's not fair. We like you like this.' But I don't. So let me expand and express myself.

There are people in England that claim benefits because they are too nervous to work, so they claim their benefits for anxiety and never have to go out side there free home.

It strikes me as weird that a 25 year old man would even find a 16 year old attractive.

I wanted out of my record deal with EMI. They wanted me to record one type of album; I wanted to record the type of music I wanted to make.

I made my new album 'Colour Me Free!' in a week with my own money.

I've had to grow up with everyone watching me, which has been hard.

I don't like listening to music that isn't real.

If you remember one thing from talking to me, remember this: I am just a girl who makes noises - and I'm incredibly lucky that people happen to like those noises.

The British press has been unfair to me and the public has followed.

I only watch TV when I go to hotels.

The only country that hasn't liked my music is my own.

If you give yourself too much time, you kind of over-obsess about the music. It's not supposed to be like that.

If you capture the first thought that you have when you're creating, and then play that to people, it's kind of like the listeners are part of that beginning. And that's the most exciting part.

I like many different things you know so I'm probably going to experiment, and if I didn't I'd be a little bit strange and boring and stiff and kind of dead, and I'm very not that.

Life is good. Or at least, it's always interesting.

When you have the opportunity to make music with great musicians, take it. That's it. That's the only reason I need, really.

I like to dip in and out of all sorts of different things. God, if I was asked to be in a show, like a real show, I would be so up for doing that.

The recession is everywhere. We need to be heard. Wouldn't it be great if there could be more referendums so we could have regular voting on specific points?

I just wear what I think looks nice.

When you get your first record deal, you will do anything, because you just want to sing.

I feel so, so lucky. Lucky because of many things.

It's not a deliberate thing. It's not like I was rejecting the UK, which is what the papers said. It's just that when you spend a lot of time in your formative years around an accent, you're going to pick it up. I had been living in LA for a bit and that's what happened.

My family fight, that's the way it is. We're not common as muck or anything but we do have a little fight now and then.

People grow. It's okay to grow. Some people find that difficult to grasp.

It's ok to be sassy, but I'll never be trashy, it's ok to be nasty, but you got to keep it classy now

Love #music. It will #love you back.

I can be whatever. I can wear shoes or don't wear shoes. I can tie my hair up or wear it down. It doesn't matter.

I never pay a fortune for clothes.

The musicians one day are going to listen to me.