Most young ladies would kill for the opportunity to meet Justin Timberlake. Little do they know that all they really have to do is win a Grammy, and he'll come to them. If only Best New Artist winner Adele had known that the night of the Grammy Awards last month, then maybe she wouldn't have snubbed him when he came to congratulate her.

"In the hallway, after I'd won two Grammys, he grabbed me and he's like, 'Congratulations,' " she told People. "I was so totally overwhelmed about the Grammys that I didn't even realize it was Justin. Then, 10 yards down the huge hallway in the Staples Center, I just heard this huge scream and realized I was screaming my head off."

Nearly a month after the incident, Adele hopes that Justin somehow finds her apology. "Justin, I love you, and I'm really sorry ... for making it seem like I didn't want to meet you," Adele added. "I really did — and I don't think we can ever be friends because you're just too much. You're too good!"

Adele also found herself star-struck when she was in the presence of her idol, Etta James, last September at the Fashion Rocks concert at New York's Radio City Music Hall. "She's tiny," Adele said. "I love her. She's so glamorous. She looked amazing."

Adele wanted to say hi to James, but she was scared of getting snubbed. "I couldn't say hello," she told People. "In case she said, 'Get out of my face!' I've heard she's a bit of a madam. But she can be, because she's the best singer alive."

Lucky for Adele, she'll have another chance to talk to her idol in June. "I'm [playing] the Hollywood Bowl. I was doing it on my own, but now we're co-headlining together," she said. "She's my favorite singer. It's amazing. I'm so excited."

In the interview, Adele's also insisted that despite her retro style, she's quite different from fellow British songstress Amy Winehouse. "Amy is a true phenomenon," she said. "When Amy was big in America, me and Duffy were blowing up in England, and I think it made the journey over a bit smoother [for us].

"I think Amy is hardcore," she added. "I think Duffy is really soft — she's got the pinup look going on. She's a proper lady. I think I'm really contemporary. And I'm just really mouthy!"