Jessie Ware: 'I'm like Curb Your Enthusiasm's Larry David'

Jessie Ware has revealed that she gets incredibly nervous prior to performing.

The Scottish singer-songwriter opened up about her approach to music to V Magazine, joking that she and Curb Your Enthusiasm comedian Larry David share a similar anxiety.



"I think it's a Jewish thing. I'm so neurotic - I'm like Larry David," she teased. "I've gotten to a position where all these people are helping me, and I don't want to let them down."

The 'Wildest Moments' musician continued: "Really, deep down, I know there's nothing to worry about. Maybe now I'm in a position to start thinking about how I want to run my career, and how I want my music to affect people."

Ware also discussed her approach to shooting the music video for her breakthrough hit 'Running'.

"I wanted to be like, 'Bang! I'm not a backing singer anymore. This is my song, and I'm going to own it'," she declared.

"I watched loads of Whitney Houston clips the night before. I wanted it to be over-the-top. I wanted to behave like a popstar."

Ware went on to reveal a last-minute mishap before the 'Running' video, saying: "I had a whiskey before we shot, and on the second take I fell down the stairs... There was blood everywhere!"

The interview is published in full in the Spring 2013 edition of V Magazine, which features Rihanna and Kate Moss on the cover.

Ware's debut studio album Devotion is out on April 2 in the US.

Watch Jessie Ware's 'Running' music video below: