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I'd heard a lot of Motown and Stax when I was a kid, but the more well-known end of it. On Jam tours, we had a DJ called Ady Croasdell who ran a '60s club. He turned me on to underground stuff and what people call northern soul. It just blew my mind.
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In the '90s, I think I rediscovered my guitar. The Jam was obviously very guitar-based, but in the Style Council I just got really disillusioned with playing the guitar. The further it went on, the less and less I played, to a point where I couldn't pick it up any more.
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Of course I'm proud of what I've done, but I'm interested in what's next. I want to be relevant now, in 2012. I've done my bit for the past. I've only ever been about what's next, really, and I'll be that way until I keel over.
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It is nice to make a record and people like it, and it's encouraging.
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When I listen to a record, or when I'm making a record, I listen to everything. I listen to the drums, the bass, the voice, the arrangement. I listen to the whole piece as an ensemble.
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It?s been a bitter pill to swallow.
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I've not had Botox, no.
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I could write songs about politics, but I'm conscious of not writing songs that sound the same as the ones I wrote 30 years ago.
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The only time I ever really got into rap was back in the early '90s, and bands like A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Gang Starr. Musically, they were really interesting. But when hip-hop acts start sampling Sting or Phil Collins, then I just don't get it at all.
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See as a vocalist you aspire to that level of greatness. I’ve been very lucky in my career to be around great artists but you aspire to that kind of vocal prowess. I would love to be in her presence. There are a lot of British artists that I absolutely love and adore to but I’ve been following Lalah since I was a little girl and she’s phenomenal.
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In all honesty, I don't know what one song can change.
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For me, the best thing I can do is play live. The best way for me to put over what I'm trying to do is to play live. Whether it's an acoustic show, electric or whatever... if I shine at all, that's where it all really happens - it just took me a while to rediscover that.
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I think politicians are so far out of step with what people really want.
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I come from a time when every kid dressed up. Everybody. If you didn't, you wouldn't be able to hang out. It was very tribal. There's nice things in that. It's culture; it's roots for me.
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'Ageism,' or whatever you want to call it, is a very English phenomenon. You don't get it too much in many other cultures. And no one says it about authors or poets or filmmakers. 'Oh, they're too old to make films or write books.'
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To me, music that breaks your heart is the music that stays with you forever.
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There are so many artists who get to my age that get comfortable and just stick in a groove, and I really don't want to do that.
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I don't like the royal family, I don't like the establishment, I don't like the civil service.
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Two lovers kissing amongst the screams of midnight,Two lovers missing the tranquility of solitude.
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I get labelled as just being about one thing, but there's lots of layers to what I do. It's just lazy journalism, but people start to accept it. If people spent an hour in my car driving around London and listening to the stuff I listen to, they'd hear some interesting stuff.
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I am aware of the words 'national treasure' being attached to me occasionally. It just makes me feel old.
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I never saw myself as a spokesman for a generation. It was all a bit heavy for me. I saw myself as a songwriter and wrote for myself, which I still do, and I also wanted to communicate with my audience.
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Nothing wrong with pop!
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If we get through for two minutes only it will be a start!