“It’s always inspiring when people all come together and be strong as a group. This is why I feel so strongly to put the message to people that we need to stand together in tough times.”
― Anne-Marie
“When I’m happy and in a good mood, I just search for other things that maybe connect to me on another level. I talk to my friends and see how they’re feeling – see what’s going on in their lives.”
― Anne-Marie
“I do feel pressure to look good. But that’s just not going to happen, because I have a double chin, and I can’t pose. It’s such a struggle.”
― Anne-Marie
“When you get knocked down, you got to get backup. Otherwise, you are going to lose.”
― Anne-Marie
“The thing I love about Marshmello is that he caters to individual songs as a producer. He has his vibe, but he also really puts something on the song that the song needs instead of having his thing and everything sounding like him.”
― Anne-Marie
“I love doing my own thing, and I won’t let anything get in my way.”
― Anne-Marie
“I actually have been really influenced by dance music.”
― Anne-Marie
“I’ve become very aware of body issues and body confidence.”
― Anne-Marie
“I’ve tried yoga a few times and absolutely love it. I need to do it more. It makes me feel really good and relaxed.”
― Anne-Marie
“I was always quite outspoken as a teenager and quite cheeky in school and stuff.”
― Anne-Marie
“I’ve never felt the need to tell anyone that I’m bisexual. I don’t feel like I am. I just feel like I’m attracted to who I like. I honestly feel like everyone is like that.”
― Anne-Marie
“I love braids and just generally playing around with different hairstyles, especially for festivals and photoshoots.”
― Anne-Marie
“I would be a very different person without karate.”
― Anne-Marie
“I want my tattoos to be a story of my life.”
― Anne-Marie
“It’s so important that we all speak up on mental health.”
― Anne-Marie
“I always try and put out posts on social media about feeling good inside, and there’s so much pressure for people to look a certain way and have a certain hairstyle or a certain lipstick.”
― Anne-Marie
“It’s very important for females to feel empowered. It took me a long time to find that inside me.”
― Anne-Marie
“I’ve never, ever just been attracted to men. I’ve never just been attracted to women.”
― Anne-Marie
“For me, I try not to set any goals or try and see what’s gonna happen, because I don’t wanna be let down or disappointed that something didn’t happen the way I thought it was gonna happen.”
― Anne-Marie
“I think, all my life, I’ve grown up and had high expectations, but that becomes so stressful.”
― Anne-Marie
“For me, speaking my mind is a big part of my life, and I encourage other people to do that as well.”
― Anne-Marie
“I’ve had to learn not to read all the bad comments, or if you do, try and not take it into your soul, body, brain, and heart.”
― Anne-Marie
“I love being busy.”
― Anne-Marie
“When I heard ‘Rockabye,’ I was just blown away. It had been a long time since I had heard a song that had a message like that in it – about being a single parent and caring for your child.”
― Anne-Marie
“I’ve written a lot of songs from watching women speak about women empowerment.”
― Anne-Marie
“I feel like no matter what I write about, I try to end up being the stronger person in the situation. Even in heartbreak, I feel like I’m a much stronger person because of that. I don’t want to just write a sad song and still feel sad after that. I want to feel stronger and better.”
― Anne-Marie
“I have a worry of people not liking me. I get scared walking into a room first, so I have to have people walk in before me so then people are distracted. It’s hard.”
― Anne-Marie
“I’ve always been the kid to want to do anything and everything.”
― Anne-Marie
“When I was four, five, my granddad took me over to the park to play basketball. There was no way I was getting a ball into the net, but he said we stayed there until I got it in. I always remember that. He used to say to me, ‘When you think you’re going to do something, you won’t ever stop.’ I think that’s the person I’ve been all my life.”
― Anne-Marie
“I keep saying to everyone that one day I’ll write a love song.”
― Anne-Marie
“When I first started writing, I wrote really sad, emotional songs which were all slow.”
― Anne-Marie
“You have to make time for fans, and you really need to appreciate them. You have to remember that if they weren’t buying, playing, or streaming your music, you wouldn’t be in the charts, and people wouldn’t be hearing your music.”
― Anne-Marie
“I feel like the albums I grew up listening to – for example, Eminem, Lauryn Hill, Christina Aguilera – they all spoke about real stuff that was happening in their life and everyone else’s life.”
― Anne-Marie
“I feel, as an artist, it’s important for me to write, and that’s a big part of what my journey is – being able to write my stories and talk about stuff.”
― Anne-Marie
“I just feel not many people hear that you should feel good inside and feel happy within your soul, instead of needing to look a certain way, so I always try and talk to people about that.”
― Anne-Marie
“I think what’s surprised me about the music industry is that you never know what’s going to happen. I’ve had to teach myself that, because I love to know everything. I’m quite a control freak when it comes to stuff like that.”
― Anne-Marie
“Alanis Morissette – I think she’s one of my biggest inspirations.”
― Anne-Marie
“It’s hard to put someone in the friend zone.”
― Anne-Marie
“When I was growing up, I was surrounded by people that were listening to a lot of pop music.”
― Anne-Marie
“Enter Shikari are a mash-up of everything. I used to really love dubstep when they first came out. They had those amazing basslines, so I loved going to the live shows.”
― Anne-Marie
“I always try and make people feel that they are strong enough to say something – anything, to anyone – even if it’s a stranger or they’re just writing a tweet if they’re in danger.”
― Anne-Marie
“When I see people sad, I’m sad.”
― Anne-Marie
“My aim is to just make people feel good and happy.”
― Anne-Marie
“When I write songs, I’m just writing stories, and being in musical theatre taught me how to act them out through singing.”
― Anne-Marie
“All the kids at school would bully me and always wanted me to fight them. I never did, but if I wanted to, I totally could.”
― Anne-Marie
“When you’re coming out new, it’s harder as a girl to gain fans because most of them are girls, and they can be like, ‘Do we like her?’ If I were a boy, it’d be much easier.”
― Anne-Marie
“As for my haircare rituals, I don’t wash it every day, and I also let my hair dry naturally. My hair is bleached, so I’m mindful of not putting too much heat on it.”
― Anne-Marie
“I always try and make the strongest ginger tea with manuka honey to keep my voice in shape.”
― Anne-Marie
“I went to a performing arts school. I went to an audition for a musical, ‘Les Miserables,’ in the West End, and I got in, and my parents were like, ‘Oh, you can sing?’ So I kind of started singing properly when I was, like, seven.”
― Anne-Marie
“I was doing musical theatre ’til I was, like, 17, and then I started realising I could use my voice in a more, like, current way.”
― Anne-Marie
“I love to get inspiration from everywhere.”
― Anne-Marie
“I honestly always really try to get people to share their feelings. I always say to everyone that communication is key.”
― Anne-Marie
“I don’t want to have to look good all the time – that’s not realistic.”
― Anne-Marie
“I’ve got ‘trust’ tattooed on me, and I have a tattoo on my finger that’s for my parents.”
― Anne-Marie
“I feel at home wherever I am, to be honest.”
― Anne-Marie
“I think Rudimental was a massive part of my life and such a great place and people and learning curve to be a part of.”
― Anne-Marie
“It feels so good to be amongst some of the biggest legends in music – it feels quite surreal.”
― Anne-Marie
“I’ve always been good at talking about my feelings; that helps with writing songs.”
― Anne-Marie
“I feel like if I’ve written a song about something I haven’t experienced, I wouldn’t be able to perform it properly, and people would be able to see that. People can see right through that.”
― Anne-Marie
“I don’t think I could write about something I’ve never experienced or felt; all my songs are about things I’ve been through.”
― Anne-Marie
“’Alarm’ was about a boy that cheated on me, and when I found out, I wondered if I should give him another chance. I used to give a lot of chances to people hoping they would become better people, but this one didn’t.”
― Anne-Marie
“I used to get so many nasty comments when I cut my hair short, and it upset me.”
― Anne-Marie
“I used to take life so seriously; I got so stressed.”
― Anne-Marie
“’Alarm’ and ‘Ciao Adios’ are about the same person, yeah.”
― Anne-Marie
“Who needs a man? I don’t.”
― Anne-Marie
“People never believe it when they find out I’m a karate world champion. They don’t see me as the type because I’m small and blonde.”
― Anne-Marie
“I’m speechless! I am so happy to have won MTV Brand New!”
― Anne-Marie
“It feels amazing to be on the MTV Brand New list. I was shocked when I got told – a good shocked. I’m proper happy about it.”
― Anne-Marie
“I think I got nominated in the MTV Brand New Top 10 because I’m 3x world time karate champion, and I’d probably just beat everyone up if they didn’t put me in it. They were all scared!”
― Anne-Marie
“Every time I do photo shoots, my bottom lip and, like, my top lip are quivering because I just don’t know how to look. Then the flash kind of makes me go boss-eyed sometimes.”
― Anne-Marie
“If I didn’t do music, I would do something to help people out.”
― Anne-Marie
“I think it’s just constantly on my mind: wanting to help people, not just with music but with my words. I feel like I want to do that for people.”
― Anne-Marie
“Luckily, now I think that I attract people that are really nice, like my fans, who are really lovely people. They are really encouraging, and they help other people out as well, which, it’s really great.”
― Anne-Marie
“My music is constantly changing because I am. I’m writing it and changing as I’m writing.”
― Anne-Marie
“When it comes to how I portray myself online, I’m trying to be as real as I can and show people every side of what I do and not just put up selfies online of me in full done-up make up and stuff.”
― Anne-Marie
“I think social media has been really great for me.”
― Anne-Marie
“I try and be just completely me on stage. I try and put that across, and people seem to get that personality that I have, so I do try not to become two different people and two different faces.”
― Anne-Marie
“The BRIT awards is a really great occasion, especially for us Brits, because it shows the talent and support coming from our country.”
― Anne-Marie
“I know firsthand how long it takes to learn how to love yourself.”
― Anne-Marie
“I love musical theatre. It’s a passion of mine.”
― Anne-Marie
“I’m nervous before all shows.”
― Anne-Marie
“Whenever I start something, I will always do everything I can to be the best at it.”
― Anne-Marie
“I’m so proud of my time in karate and what I achieved. It’s part of me, so I don’t want to leave it behind.”
― Anne-Marie
“I love seeing people collaborate to make great music!”
― Anne-Marie
“I feel like I ask my fans to love themselves a lot, and and I do want people to love themselves. That comes from personal experience.”
― Anne-Marie
“I think realising that you’re individual and unique is really amazing.”
― Anne-Marie
“If singing weren’t happening, then yeah, I definitely would still be working hard at karate. I already have some teaching diplomas in it so would’ve continued to do that and maybe eventually had opened my own club! Maybe one day I still can.”
― Anne-Marie
“I’d love to work with Kendrick, Frank Ocean, The Internet, or Alanis Morisette!”
― Anne-Marie
“I love that my music is connecting with people, but I don’t think there’ll be a point where I feel like, ‘Oh yeah, I’m famous now.’”
― Anne-Marie
“Oh, God. Mate, I’ve written about 800 songs, and that’s no exaggeration!”
― Anne-Marie
“More people know who I am, but I don’t feel any different within myself – I think that’s the main thing.”
― Anne-Marie
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