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I wish I could have hung out with Patti Smith in the seventies, and also have some crazy times.
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It's so important to take vitamins. People always get ill on tour because of the close proximity in the bus with everyone.
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It's usually a big kind of vent of frustration or anger or sadness that puts me in the right frame of mind to write. It's such a cliche to say that artists write when they're down, but it's true for me. It's a relief to get out what's eating away at my heart or my soul or my head.
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What people don't understand is that how you are as an artist depends on how you are emotionally.
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We'll be raising our hands Shining up to the sky Cause we've got the fire fire fire And we gonna let it burn
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I could always sing, from a really young age, but my voice was really weird. I used to make my mum turn up the radio every day in our house. She was well into music so I got that from her.
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I still don't know if I can write songs. I don't think anyone ever knows if they can write songs.
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I think that one day I won't have any kind of... sort of, or it will be either way, I won't have to think about anything. But at the moment, god I think probably because of what I do and the nature of how it is, I'm all over the place all of the time.
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I guess I'm just quite observant and I pay attention to a lot of things. Human behavior really fascinates me.
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I'm always intrigued by people that listen to my music, I just naturally want to get to know people who listen to my music because people who end up having such an attachment with my stuff, I wonder why they have such a connection to something that's so personal to me in the first place.
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Even when I'm in quite a happy state of mind, I like writing really sad songs. I think a lot of people do.
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I feel more confident if my makeup looks good.
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I've changed the way I look a bit but not intentionally. I've cut my hair. I've got a bit of pink in it and lately I've become a bit monochrome, wearing a lot of black and white.
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My fancy dress costume of choice is... something 1920s or 30s, when there was still so much elegance and attention to detail. An excuse for ultimate dressing-up indulgence.
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I'm obsessed with the countryside: woods, forests, fields, lakes, mountains. I'm really into folk music and folklore. But more so I'm into electronic music. I'm into bands that have both aspects, like Boards of Canada is a perfect example. You could listen to that type of music running through a woods. It's kind of what I wanted to achieve.
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I want to be more like Pixie Lott. She works really hard but always manages to keep smiling. She never complains.
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I never remember having a plan. All I could think about was how I was going to afford to get into college or where I was going to stay because I hated being at home. I didn't really have time to think about anything in the future. I didn't think about a career or anything. I went to uni, got a couple of jobs, so I sort of funded it myself.
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I don't think there was ever a moment when I was like, 'Yeah, I want to be a singer!' I guess it just happened. I performed a lot when I was younger and stuff, but I remember getting to the point where I thought I might have to get a normal job.
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I've never wanted to be a star, I never wanted to be a famous person or anything like that, and I think my fans know that as well.
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America saw me as a projection of me that I always wanted. Thats why I love going to America so much. I feel like I started off in America exactly how I wanted to start everywhere.
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I was quite a weird kid because I didn't like getting presents. I don't know why. I just went for books all the time.
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I definitely write about a lot of dreamy, surreal stuff. I do end up going to a surreal world with my music, but I also like the idea of there being really real stuff as well.
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There are so many things to think about when you make an album. Like, who am I trying to impress? Am I going to get respect, critical acclaim? Or am I going to sell lots of records?
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You never know what to expect. You don't just walk on and expect an amazing reaction.
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