Eve Quotes

What surprised me most about fame is how unpleasant it can be. I used to think it was going to be so fun. I got excited about the parties. You don't anticipate friends being jealous of you and critics giving your music bad reviews. Media and rumors - that stuff hurts.

- Eve

I don't go anywhere without Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream. On airplanes, I slather it on my face and lips - I know I look crazy, and I don't care!

- Eve

God is my best friend. I talk to God every day. And no one can tell me how to talk to God - not no imam, not no priest, not no rabbi, no pastor.

- Eve

I listen to everything - all kinds of stuff. I've been obsessed with the Nas and Damian Marley record, 'Distant Relatives.' I feel like a lot of people haven't heard it, and it's amazing.

- Eve

Sticky toffee pudding is my favorite dessert in the U.K.

- Eve

I always say, 'Hip-hop takes me everywhere.' It's crazy when I step onstage, and people might not speak much English, but they know every word to your songs. It's kind of freaky, but it's really cool.

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I worship God. Religion and worship are two different things to me. Religion is by the book. I think too many people rely on the textbook: 'OK, it says to do this and it says to do that, so if I do this, this, and that, then I still can go out and do wrong because I did this, this, and that.'

- Eve

Out of all the places in the world, Jamaica is my favorite place.

- Eve

'Lip Lock' is a play on words. It sounds flirty and fun. Also, my lips are one of my favorite features. Also, it's like, literally locking the game down with my words because I'm a lyricist.

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I live in a neighborhood where there's a lot of West Indian culture, so it's nice.

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I can't wait to have kids one day. Yeah. Definitely. That's the ultimate goal in life, for myself. I think that's the ultimate blessing.

- Eve

I'd rather experiment than follow the same formula. I'm a curious person. It's gotten me into trouble, but I say, 'Why not? Let's try it.'

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I like to dabble in different things, but music is my first love. It connects to me in a way my side projects don't because it's so personal. I write the words. Music is like my diary. It's my therapy.

- Eve

I don't wanna be known as just a hip-hop artist. I wanna take it to a whole 'nother level.

- Eve

When I got into high school and I was rapping, it was the attention I was loving. It was so hype.

- Eve

I'm completely obsessed with Sunday roast dinners. I think that it's the best thing to ever happen to life!

- Eve

I'm still a tomboy at heart. In high school, I was the girl in the baggy jeans and Timberlands, but I was also at the hairdresser's every week.

- Eve

As far as style goes, I gravitate toward anything that is effortlessly chic. I don't wanna look like I'm trying too hard.

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Reggae is my heart since I was a kid. I love Reggae music.

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I'd rather make all my secrets public than have an image based on gossip. I'd rather put it out there myself and control it.

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I am completely turning into my mom. Me, trying to be stern, is her. Or when I make silly voices. My mom always uses weird voices if she's talking to a kid or a dog. I'm the same person - completely my mother.

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Originally, after 'Tambourine' came out, another record was supposed to come out, but I had issues with my record label at the time, which was Interscope. We couldn't agree on a record, so that took some time. I had to leave them and find a new label.

- Eve

My dream collaboration is with Lauryn Hill. Is that ever gonna happen? Who knows!

- Eve

I just want to produce and create projects that I'm passionate about and I love.

- Eve

I can't wait to have kids. I want so many. I want to adopt and have my own.

- Eve