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

- Joss Stone

I didn't write those songs, but I can relate to every one of them... I have.

- Joss Stone

I just wear what I think looks nice.

- Joss Stone

I never pay a fortune for clothes.

- Joss Stone

I only watch TV when I go to hotels.

- Joss Stone

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.

- Joss Stone

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

- Joss Stone

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

- Joss Stone

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

- Joss Stone

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.

- Joss Stone

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

- Joss Stone

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

- Joss Stone

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

- Joss Stone

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

- Joss Stone

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.

- Joss Stone

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.

- Joss Stone

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.

- Joss Stone

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.

- Joss Stone

Who says soul has only one colour?

- Joss Stone

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.

- Joss Stone