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	People don't appreciate music any more. They don't adore it. They don't buy vinyl and just love it. They love their laptops like their best friend, but they don't love a record for its sound quality and its artwork.   
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	It took a lot of time and practice for me to realise that there's no point trying to be something you're not.   
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	People think I look odd onstage. But the way I deal with being incredibly nervous is by concentrating really hard.   
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	I'm a lot more observational than personal in my writing. My writing is mostly a lot of questions without answers.   
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	I've always loved books by the Bronte sisters. I love Jane Austen, too. I'm more influenced by people like her than by pop culture.   
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	I never edit the songs that come out. And they tend to come out as a whole. The closest thing I have ever done to editing them is just cutting out a verse, but never rewriting lyrics.   
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	It is quite hard to relax in London. I always say I'd move somewhere quieter, but I am a bit of a confirmed urbanite now - it crept up on me without me noticing. I always think that I function quite well on my own, unusually so, but then I'm reminded how important people are to me.   
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	You are what you can prove you've done. That's how people judge you.   
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	I need some isolation, it's necessary to me, that's just who I am. I need to be left alone.   
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	No one starts playing my kind of music to make a fortune. But I do want to keep doing what I do and I do want to continue selling records. And I would, eventually, quite like some money.   
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	I don't need to sell tons of records, but I want longevity. I want to make music for the rest of my life.   
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	I feel like I'm creeping closer to finding the situation that triggers songwriting, which is obviously an extreme of an emotion.   
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	I definitely tell things at arm's length but that is conscious. No part of me wants everybody to know what's going on.   
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	I'm a songwriter, and I understand artistic licence. We can embellish, go on little journeys and explore our inner selves. It can be quite self-indulgent.   
