Leona Lewis citations (17 citations)

Interview with Lina Das http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=488705&in_page_id=1773, Daily Mail, October 2007

“I went to Clive Davis' Grammy party and I nearly spontaneously combusted because everyone on my iPod was there!”

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Contactmusic.com http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/the%20things%20they%20say%207756_1063806, March 2008

“You have to have the courage to stand up for what you believe in – no matter how hard it is – as your beliefs make you who you are amid all the celeb madness. I'm a vegetarian and never wear leather or use products tested on animals. When I was just starting out I'd get a gazillion freebies thrown at me, so it was hard to know what contained what. Now, I've made sure that before I get to a photoshoot people know my stance on that.”

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Sugar magazine, April 2008

“He [Simon Cowell] is actually very lovely in real life. We share the same interests, and he shares my love for animals as well.”

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Interview with Marc Malkin http://web.archive.org/20080409001333/www.eonline.com/gossip/planetgossip/detail/index.jsp?uuid=7476a3c2-60e5-4733-b359-55d80daaca79 E!, April 2008

“[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."”

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NRJ Radio, October 2007

“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.”

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

“My friends are the ones I've had since primary school. They're really cool and such a good bunch of people. They came to every one of my gigs before all of this happened, you know; they were there in the smoky pubs, wherever.”

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Daily Mail, March 2008

“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.”

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

“Diamonds are supposed to be a girl's best friend but it's impossible to know for sure where they have come from so I find it is safer just to avoid them altogether.”

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Bang Showbiz, December 2007