Leona Lewis: Doing

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“I may not be loud but that doesn't mean I'm not strong within myself. My mum and dad instilled in me to stand up for what I believe in – and I do.”

Leona Lewis

Now magazine, July 2008

Strong

“I was at a really low point, thinking of going to university and doing a course because the music thing just wasn't happening for me. But I went on the show and…”

Leona Lewis

Daily Mail, October 2007

Music , Thinking , Universe

“[People] would ask me, "what do you want to be when you're older?" and I'd be like, "a singer", and they'd be like, "what do you really want to be?" and I'd be like, "oh, I really want to be a singer."”

Leona Lewis

NRJ Radio, October 2007

People

“Those women are the true divas. They're amazing performers, whom I've listened to for years. These are the people who've inspired me to sing, so it's flattering that I'm being compared to them. But I have a lot of hard work to do first.”

Leona Lewis

Access Hollywood http://www.accesshollywood.com/article/8670/rising-star-leona-lewis/, March 2008
Regarding comparisons to Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston

Women , People , Singing

“No one is "the next" anyone, especially if that person is still here, doing their thing, as she [Mariah] clearly is. The comparisons people have made to me are so flattering, but I think it's insensitive to the people I'm compared to.”

Leona Lewis

Rolling Stone magazine, May 2008
On being proclaimed the new Mariah

People , Thinking , Personality