Precious Williams
Born in London in the ‘70s, Precious Williams is a British journalist and author living in New York. Specializing in celebrity interviews, she has interviewed a diverse array of musicians, from Roxy Music to Lauryn Hill. Precious’s work has appeared in a variety of international publications including Korean VOGUE, the NEW YORK POST, the TELEGRAPH, French COSMOPOLITAN, British ELLE and MARIE CLAIRE and the EVENING STANDARD. Precious is now a regular contributor to the MAIL ON SUNDAY and working on her first book, a memoir, to be published in 2007. Her essay about hip-hop journalism, "Two Dollars A Word", appears in the anthology Sex & Sensibility (Simon & Schuster, February 2005).
11 articles
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Interview by Precious Williams, The Big Issue, December 1998
NINA SIMONE is furious that there is no alcohol left in the house. It's not even 11 o'clock in the morning and yet the 65-year-old ...
Lenny Kravitz: 'Don't Call Me A Sex Symbol'
Interview by Precious Williams, The Evening Standard, 27 November 2000
LENNY KRAVITZ is late. His "people" (a personal chef, band manager, tour manager, personal manager, publicists, fixers, press officers and assorted attractive but apparently purposeless ...
Jaheim: Soul Boy Not Short On Confidence
Interview by Precious Williams, The Evening Standard, 14 March 2001
Jaheim Hoagland's smooth, soulful vocals have been likened to those of music legends Marvin Gaye and Luther Vandross – but he's not too happy about ...
Destiny's Child: The Joys Of Child-ish Behaviour
Interview by Precious Williams, The Evening Standard, 23 April 2001
THE SASSIEST girl group in the world are slumped on a sofa lamenting the "awfulness" of how they look. Destiny's Child – Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly ...
Interview by Precious Williams, The Evening Standard, 1 June 2001
Fifteen-year-old singer Lisa Roxanne. South London’s answer to Beyonce Knowles, wants to abolish rain, racism and boring people ...
Ike & Tina Turner, Ike Turner: Ike Turner
Interview by Precious Williams, Scotland on Sunday, 16 September 2001
"IF YOU KNOW ME, you love me," boasts Ike Turner, reclining in the sizzling sunshine and sipping a glass of water. An interesting claim ...
TLC: T-Boz: "The doctors told me I wouldn't live to see 40"
Interview by Precious Williams, The Evening Standard, 27 November 2002
She's a member of the famous girl band TLC. Here, T-Boz talks about her daily battle with sickle cell anaemia ...
Interview by Precious Williams, New York Magazine, 7 March 2003
SUDDEN FAME and fortune have a way of changing people—fast. But you won’t see Norah Jones in a Christina Aguilera getup anytime soon. And she’s ...
Mary J. Blige: The Ballad Of Mary J
Interview by Precious Williams, Scotland on Sunday, 31 August 2003
MARY J BLIGE'S daunting reputation as a volatile, prickly diva has always threatened to eclipse her extraordinary vocal talent. Legend has it that her record ...
Bon Jovi: Jon Bon Jovi Has a Nice Day
Interview by Precious Williams, Daily Telegraph, 16 September 2005
GONE is the once fearsome mane of highlighted hair and without it Jon Bon Jovi is almost unrecognizable. Strolling into Beverly Hills' Four Seasons ...
Bon Jovi, Jon Bon Jovi: Jon Bon Jovi: "I feel I've found my niche"
Interview by Precious Williams, Daily Telegraph, 16 September 2005
Jon Bon Jovi expected nothing less than to be a rock star. But, he tells Precious Williams, he's never counted celebrity for the sake of ...
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