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If anyone besides famous people knew what it was like to be a famous person, they would never want to be famous.
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I thought I was going to be an actor. I liked entertaining. I was pretty much tap dancing for attention from a very early age. My family was kind of musical, and there were people in the circus next door and actors across the road. I just enjoyed messing around with music growing up, but I really thought I was going to be an actor.
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That's the thing about awards - it's for the people who do all the hard work behind the scenes. An award is just a clap at them.
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When I was 10, my parents really valued success in the arts, and I thought if I was a famous 'something artistic,' that they would love me more.
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Melody is pure intuition. I don't use any thinking brain when I do that. That's totally in the zone.
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A lot of the time, I don't actually relate to what I'm writing about in pop songs.
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I'm just trying to work out a way to be a singer and to create cool content. I'm willing to do that as an entertainer. But I'm not willing to give up my actual self.
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I really don't know anything about music.
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I'm just a follower.
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I'm a fan of the Strokes, so my big fantasy was that one day I would get to sing with them.
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I was too embarrassed to tell anyone I wanted to make a movie because I thought it would be seen as a vanity project because I was a singer.
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People aren't honest about the horrors of fame. The downsides are so overwhelming that, for me, there is no payoff.
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I really feel like I've nailed songwriting. It's my specialty; it's what I'm good at.
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I'm impressionable, that's for sure.
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I don't need to be rich anymore; I don't need to be a millionaire.
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I don't want to be critiqued about the way that I look on the Internet.
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I guess I don't know if I'm comfortable with fame or touring or promo or any of that stuff, and I really discovered that I love working for people and co-writing and working under someone.
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In my sobriety, I have discovered that the people I love, and who hurt me, were sick like me.
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The melody will tell me what the song should be about, the tone of the song. That's when the intellect comes in. Because I have a list of possible titles and concepts, and I expand on that.
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I have big dreams. I want to keep songwriting. Direct films. Be a parent.
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The weirder the better for me.
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I started dating JD Samson from Le Tigre, and suddenly I was listening to more up-tempo music and old dance music, like ESG and Gang of Four, and I thought, 'Wow. This is fun.'
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If Amy Winehouse was a beehive, then I guess I'm a blonde bob.
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I don't really even go out that much now, except to walk my dogs, because I don't want to be recognised. I used to be a really friendly person, and now I just want to be invisible. I liked myself much more before I got famous. I was much friendlier and had more energy.