Jessie Ware
Jessie Ware
Jessica Lois "Jessie" Wareis an English singer and songwriter. Her debut studio album Devotionpeaked at number five on the UK Albums Chart and produced the single "Wildest Moments". Her follow-up record Tough Lovereached number nine in the United Kingdom. Ware has sung vocals for Joker and SBTRKT, in concert and on their recordings...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionR&B Singer
Date of Birth15 October 1984
playing-dress-up people grace
I always liked how people like Grace Jones and Annie Lennox pushed it with the videos. I'm not the most stylish person at all, but there's something about playing dress-up for the day and playing the role of a singer.
dream people guilt
Meanwhile, I get to make an album. I feel like I've been very lucky. There is a guilt when I see people I know who work really hard, then I'm like, "Oh, I've got to do an interview today." I'm so appreciative of all of this, but it does feel like the bubble will burst at some point and it will all have been a dream.
airplane people annoying
I've become one of those annoying people who brings their own food on to planes.
simple people dave
I started meeting the right people, like [producer] Dave [Okumu], who explained to me how songwriting is really simple - "just like shitting," he said. "You gotta let it all out." When he put it like that, however disgusting it is, it made a lot of sense to me.
couple voice people
I tried a couple of pop writers - none of the big, big, big ones - but it didn't work for me. I do have a commercial voice; I'm not quirky. I'm very normal and that's probably why I like people like Barbra Streisand and Whitney Houston. It's no-nonsense. They sing well, and that's it.
song thinking play
I've turned down songs that would be much easier to play on the radio that I don't think should be on the album. Maybe I've shot myself in the foot.
cute brother gay
I feel like I've got far more gay fans in America... Maybe they caught wind that I have a cute Jewish brother who's gay.
guy looks moments
I have moments, like a guy saying to me on the tube, "You know, you look a lot like Jessie Ware."
doors waiting want
American fans want to meet you, and they wait for that autograph by the stage door. In the UK, it doesn't really happen that much.
girl song real
I sung from an early age and I was always given nice parts in school musicals, but I definitely wasn't the golden girl. I didn't have the guts. You've got to have a real confidence in yourself to be like: "I'm gonna be a singer and write songs." I never thought it would go anywhere because it's so unattainable to be a singer.
grandfather cry made
My grandfather was a Russian-Jewish immigrant who lived in Northern Ireland and apparently when he sang in the synagogue he made everyone cry.
school law trying
I went to university and studied English literature, and I forgot about music. I was gonna be a journalist. But then I decided to try and be a backing singer, and my mum was like, "Go for it." If that didn't work, I was gonna go to law school. I was just being boringly sensible; trying to be a singer felt a bit indulgent.
passion winning always-trying
If you're from South London you feel like you're always trying to win people over, so perhaps that underdog passion comes through.
song thinking voice
If I make a song where I'm happy, I sound completely mad - I think my voice is better-suited for sadder songs.