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A lot of people come up to me expecting to meet the person they have seen perform. It's not going to happen, unless my mania, my stage person, responds to them and not the real me.
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Branding your song is the worst thing you can ever do. That's turning your song into a product.
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English urban artists were very used to making secondhand American music, and I thought that was boring.
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I'm all for trying anything once; otherwise, you end up like David Guetta - reproducing the same formula over and over.
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I've been writing pop songs for pop stars for a couple years and see what their lives are like, and that's just not something I want.
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You've got to live and die by your decisions.
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I can clear my mind, and lyrics just come out; it's very easy for me.
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Like when I'm singing live I can't hear myself. I'm just listening to the rest of the band. To listen to my voice, it doesn't even feel like it's me.
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I think producing a record for other artists is almost like giving them advice, and I would say that it is easier to produce another artist than it is to produce yourself.
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I want to be a little bit brave. I want to feel scared sometimes. That's what's going to change the music business, if we have that kind of attitude.
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Life is pretty surreal and awesome.
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When you make a record, I always imagine people dancing to it. If the chef thinks it tastes good, then there will be someone who ultimately believes the same thing.
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I get to sit at home with the dogs on the sofa, record in a closet in the office, send them off and, if I'm lucky, make a million dollars.
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I'm acting a lot when I'm writing for other people.
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I really don't know anything about music. I don't really listen to it. I don't know anything about the history of music.
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I have social anxiety. It's easier up on stage because there's security in being there. When I'm off stage I'm trying not to be a manic freak. I'm quite shy.
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I was a slightly overweight, spiky-fringed, rat's-tailed '80s girl who was just showing up. That's all I've ever really done to get here, just kept showing up. Even when I didn't want to. That's what I do.
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I'm fine around other people's feelings. It doesn't make me nervous or anxious.
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It takes me, like, half an hour to write the lyrics for a song. They just come out.
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My goal is to give girls and boys a different idea of expression. It's not always about looking pretty or cute. It's about expressing yourself however that may be, even if that's being silly or goofy or weird.
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I don't need to sing in front of thousands, as I can sing in the shower.
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I have eight siblings, and we formed a group called Mac 9. I was Mac 7.
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The truth is that you shouldn't match your insides to other people's outsides. Life is an inside job, and we just have to do our best.
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I don't do sessions for myself ever. I'm always working, writing for pop sessions. And what happens is that sometimes I like a song so much, I keep it for myself.