Yours Ella Henderson Quotes & Sayings

My parents brought me up on all different styles of music, like my Mum would listen to Motown R&B and my Dad was quite 80's driven, so I was always surrounded by music growing up. — Ella Henderson

It's amazing when I do a gig how many people of different ages come up to me afterwards and chat to me about songs. The emotions I feel are what any person can relate to. Sometimes I'm just a narrator. — Ella Henderson

I love hiking to the top of mountains in L.A. and seeing incredible landscapes. It really inspires me. — Ella Henderson

I have never been in a serious relationship and never had a break-up, so I can't tug on my heartstrings that way. But whenever I experience a strong emotion in life, I definitely have to throw myself into my songwriting. It is very therapeutic. — Ella Henderson

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. — Ella Henderson

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. — Ella Henderson

I WAS a mermaid in my past-life! I definitely was. I don't know why I'm obsessed with them that much, which is why I think that somehow in my past-life I must have just lived underwater or something. Maybe I was a fish or a dolphin, but I do believe in mermaids. — Ella Henderson

I love reggae music; reggae music's like my go-to. — Ella Henderson

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. — Ella Henderson

For me writing is that place where I can escape; it's where I let my thoughts run wild. — Ella Henderson

A fan sent me a pair of fluffy winter socks, and I was like, 'Oh, that's cool. I'll wear them to bed. It's cold; it's winter.' But they were worn. They were black underneath, and they stunk, and I hate feet. She was like, 'I'm giving you my favorite pair.' — Ella Henderson

I had to introduce a lot of people into my writing environment which I thought at first I would find really difficult, but I actually found that I loved it. It meant that I was meeting different people; it meant that I was expressing myself in different ways. — Ella Henderson

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. — Ella Henderson

When I am having my picture taken, I channel Beyonce. In the studio, my inspiration is Adele. — Ella Henderson

I just used to love the sound of especially a female vocal like Ella Fitzgerald for example, it's just that empowering self-control that can make a whole room go silent. I fell in love with that sound. — Ella Henderson

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. — Ella Henderson

If something makes me happy, I go with it. It's as simple as that. — Ella Henderson

If I feel like I've completely drained every ounce of energy out of me for this song, and I can't go any further with it, then I stop, even if the song is unfinished. Most of the time, when it's finished, it's because I've used every ounce of me to write it. — Ella Henderson

I think I was a mermaid and I used to swim the shores or Hawaii and used to pop up and see coconuts and pineapples everywhere. — Ella Henderson

The simple questions are always the hardest ones. — Ella Henderson

I always feel like when I've listened to a great song I know it, 'cuz it's the only time I'll ever get goosebumps or something like that. — Ella Henderson

I don't see myself as a pop star, just a singer. — Ella Henderson

Each time that I think you go,
I turn around and you're creeping in. — Ella Henderson

To do a world tour with my album, that would be really incredible. I love travelling, and I love travelling through my music. — Ella Henderson

I'm not a fussy eater, but when I'm travelling, I try to stick to the same regime and just have my chicken and my mash and broccoli. Otherwise, you start eating all these funny delicacies, and it makes your tummy turn upside down. — Ella Henderson

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. — Ella Henderson

I think I would fan over Beyonce or Adele. Those are my two girl idols, definitely. — Ella Henderson

I think a lot of people assume from my music and stuff I'm constantly talking about deep and meaningful things, but then with my friends I'm just a class clown. — Ella Henderson

It sounds a bit sad, but my new hobby is knitting. I love it. I find it really relaxing. — Ella Henderson

Dressing up and doing photo shoots was a side of the industry I really didn't think I would like. But now I've got a glam squad; I love trying on new outfits and experimenting with different looks. — Ella Henderson