Top 55 Leigh-Anne Pinnock Quotes

Even when we first got put together we always said we wanted to do music to inspire people, that was our main aim. We started out like that.

We were doing a gig in Spain and yet again had four hotel rooms that never get used. We always share a bed. So we’re all in bed together and we’ve all got wind. And we thought it would be funny to put it on Instagram. Farting on cue.

I wanted to use my voice to address colourism because I am so aware of how awful it is and it is just something that needs to be spoken about.

I love my little bum and my waist.

We know already there is not enough representation of dark-skinned women in the media – that’s just a fact.

I was scared people wouldn’t understand because I feel like with racism if you don’t experience it, how are you ever going to really get it?

To have an edit with ASOS – I just love ASOS – every piece is wicked, and I love how versatile it is.

These sorts of conversations should be second nature, it shouldn’t be hard to talk about race.

There is such a problem with racism, so to actually just say it and have so many people of colour message me and thank me for saying something… I remember when I used to cry about it to my manager I used to be like: ‘Why do I feel like this?’ and she’d never say it, and I’d never say it. It was really strange.

We’re proud of how we’ve stuck together, stood our ground, surrounded ourselves with strong women and are now using our voices more than ever.

Know your power, believe in yourself and don’t let anyone dim your light.

I know there are girls of colour out there who have felt the same as me. We have a massive problem with racism, which is built into our society.

It’s important for me to look comfortable with my skin. When I get spotty it just makes me not want to talk to anyone, so it’s really important I look after my skin.

I went on safari and there were all these lion cubs rolling around like cats and they were so cute and I just wanted to hug them! But you can’t coz you’ll get eaten… It was really hard!

I got a C for science!

More people are speaking out about… well, everything. And that kind of gave us the confidence to feel like we could speak out a bit more about things.

If anything, I’m now so proud of my skin.

It’s so necessary in this industry. You need people around you, I couldn’t do it on my own.

It is so important for people to speak out if they see any injustices.

I reckon we work better in front of big crowds.

Do not let anything hold you back – especially the colour of your skin, that’s ridiculous and it shouldn’t be anything to hold you back.

We all know that racism is a massive horrible issue in this country and I really wanted to delve deeper into it.

I’m just a bit of a liability when it comes to driving.

During the first couple of years of being in the band, I did feel invisible. I remember crying to my manager regularly, I just couldn’t seem to find my place and didn’t know why.

We’ve made music to boost people up, make people happy and to inspire them.

We’re just four girls with attitude, aren’t we? It just happened naturally. And with songs like ‘Joan of Arc,’ they needed that rap-y take on it. ‘Wasabi’ has that clap-back-to-the-haters vibe.

I feel like I’ve found myself.

The ‘Fresh Prince’ era is sort of my thing.

I’m not going to lie, the first three years of being in the group, I would look for trolls. I would search Leigh Anne. I would look through Twitter and I would search Leigh Anne from Little Mix, the black girl in Little Mix, I would put these things in my search engines just to see the comments.

It’s not easy being a female in the U.K. pop industry. We’ve seen the white male dominance, misogyny, sexism and lack of diversity.

I love old-school clothes. Things from the 90s, baggy jeans, the crop tops; just really old-school, colourful things.

Just because we’re a girl band doesn’t mean that we’re not credible artists.

We know there aren’t enough dark-skinned women that are being represented so that was something I really felt like I needed to talk about.

Sometimes I felt I was being treated differently to my bandmates because of the colour of my skin.

Pharrell is so hot.

I really wanted people to see that just because I’m successful doesn’t mean I’m not going to be affected by racism.

Imagine if everyone spoke out about injustices. We would be in a better place, I think.

I wanted everyone to feel included by In ‘A’ Seashell as far as possible.

I’m a bit of a prude in general, and I tend to cover myself up.

My reality was feeling lonely while touring to predominately white countries where I sing to fans who don’t see me, don’t hear me, don’t cheer me on.

Anybody is a beach body is what I love to say.

No matter how far you think you have come, racism exists.

For me, diversity is just so important and I want my children to be able to watch TV and see themselves.

We’re very approachable. We are four normal, silly, weird girls. We want people to feel like they can come up to us and have a chat. We’re like your friends.

Our mums came on tour and mine was baffled by it all. She kept saying in the car: ‘You just do this on your own? Don’t you want to be with people? This is so lonely!’ I guess we’re just used to it. It is a funny little world.

What I address is that I know that if I was some shades darker that I wouldn’t be in the band. I think that was so important for me to address because it is true.

Too far often, Black people are reminded of how far we have come as opposed to how far we can go. In doing this, we sleep on racism.

We’ve always had a voice as a four, we’ve been a force and we’ve always been very, ‘we stick together on things.’

I’d rather say something and not say it entirely right than say nothing.

Why should anyone get treated differently, because of race, sex, or whatever? We’re all human, we all breathe, we all have souls, hearts and I guess, all we can do is keep pushing this positive message.

Well, no wild animal is really going to appreciate a hug, to be honest.

I would never represent a brand that didn’t represent different shapes and sizes.

I think when you look at Little Mix you think pop, colour, you think fun – you don’t really think that there are actual things that we all go through, but we all do go through things and we do have a lot to say.

I feel like if I had more diversity in my team I’d have been better equipped to deal with the experiences I had.

I can speak for pop music and representation is nowhere near where it should be. We’re taking inspiration from black people but why am I not seeing more black people?