Ella Henderson
Ella Henderson
Gabriella Michelle "Ella" Henderson is a British singer and songwriter. She was a contestant in the ninth series of The X Factor in 2012 and got into the final 12, finishing in sixth place, despite being a strong favourite to win. She was subsequently signed to Syco Music...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth12 January 1996
CityTetney, England
song piano age
From an early age I've written songs and played the piano.
growing-up writing thinking
I knew what I didn't want, and I knew whatever it was going to be it had to be believable and it had to come from me and I had to drive it. The way I write is very honest and when I think of the music that I listened to growing up, I loved it because I believed it.
song book writing
By the time I was ten or eleven, I had a song-book and I was writing everything down. It used to just be my hobby but now it's like my diary, it's where I can go in my own little bubble.
teaching writing school
I was teaching myself notes from three and then by seven I'd figured out how to play some chords, and at school I used to love writing poems and poetry, so I guess I kind of put two and two together and that formed my songwriting from an early age.
school home play
A piano in the house, when I came home from school and was able to play all these different notes with all theses different sounds, I really found that fascinating.
taken kids age
I just love making sounds. Anything that made a sound, as a kid I was just taken back by and would sit with it for ages and just try and make all different sounds on it.
brother play piano
There was always a piano around the house and I've got other brothers and sisters but I'm the youngest, and none of them ever wanted to play it. So I guess I was the only one that was gonna end up playing it, if it was one of us.
artist old-and-new music-love
I definitely love music that's coming out now, there's some really exciting fresh artists coming through which is really cool. I guess it's from old and new, where my influences are based.
holiday swings play
I guess my biggest influence was actually my Grandfather. He used to play old records on vinyl, and would play old jazz and soul music like Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and The Rat Pack and swing music.
teaching piano house
I started playing the piano from the age of three and I started teaching myself; we always had a piano round the house.
song strong writing
Most of the time I write my best songs just from feeling a strong emotion, so whether I'm just really angry or really sad or really happy, I immediately sit down at a piano and I begin writing a song.
men thinking mirrors
I think we've all got a mirror man in our life - male, female, it's someone who love themselves before they can love anyone else.
stupid sirens noise
When I do my vocal warm-ups everyone calls me the dolphin because I do stupid siren noises.
rooms chill reggae
Reggae music really chills me out in my dressing-room before I head on stage.