ENTERTAINMENT
From Issue #14
Joss Stone
Heart and Soul
by Jayne Rae
Being different works. Despite her young, blonde and
beautiful exterior, the 16-year-old Brit has no desire to
follow the more traditional route towards pop music,
and yet people are taking notice.
Joss’s strong, rich and compelling voice is being compared
to seasoned soul queens three times her age. She
sings soul music because it is what her voice has chosen
for her, “I just open my mouth and sing and this is what
comes out,” she says.
Joss realizes how she looks and how she sounds are
conflicting, and remarks, “Some people have said they
don’t like how I sound just because of how I look.” But
this doesn’t deter her, “I just don’t listen,” she says.
Joss says, “I really like
to hear
criticism
because I
always want
to better myself.”
Joss’s parents are behind her all the way, but she says,
“My parents have never been pushy,” so it was her decision
to move ahead with her career: “If I wanted to do
it then I knew I would do it all by myself.” And adds, “If
you have a talent and you know it, then go for it. Don’t
think about anything else, just do it, because there’s no
point on sitting on your ass all day.”!
