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It's much easier to write when you're sad. But you can end up isolated and depressed because you almost need to put yourself in that situation to have that angst to write from.
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Ignore reality, there's nothing you can do about it.
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Happy songs are very difficult to write. How many truly great upbeat songs are there?
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I can understand why some people might look at me and say, 'What's she got to be depressed about?' I get that a lot in Britain, where mental health issues seem to be a big taboo.
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I'm such a chameleon. I never get bored.
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Saving animals is as simple as choosing synthetic alternatives instead of real fur.
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If I start feeling down I'll gorge myself on pasta. That usually does the trick. It's the Italian blood in me.
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Isolation is a big part of songwriting.
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Enjoy every moment: you never know when things might change.
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It was only cool to have blond hair and be a surfer chick [in Sydney]. I could learn how to surf, but I still looked Italian. It took me a long time to realize that was a good thing.
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I wasn't born with a natural talent for songwriting.
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You're either too fat or too thin. You just can't win.
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It's good to have to put yourself in someone else's skin. It's all-consuming.
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I like the idea of growing old gracefully and full of wrinkles... like Audrey Hepburn.
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I exercise three to four times a week, doing the Tracy Anderson Method, which involves toning and strengthening our small muscle groups.
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My kitchen bench is covered with vitamins and protein powders. I go through phases when I'm sure I'm taking too many - but I don't get sick often.
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I've done a lot of partying in my time because I didn't want to go home and I didn't know what to do.
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I like singer-songwriters, and I find sad songs comforting rather than depressing. It makes you realise you're not alone in the world.
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Sex sells everything, but I don't buy it.
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I'm all out o faith, this is how I feel. I'm cold and I am shamed lying naked on the floor. Illusions never change into something real. I'm wide awake and I can see the perfect sky is torn. You're a little late, I'm already torn.
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21.
You feel this pressure that people will take you more seriously if you play guitar, but I've decided I'm a singer and that's enough.
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I think where men are credited for being strong, women are divas. I just think it's such a cop out.
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You're only as good as your last record and you could get dropped.
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I am such a bad liar. I would like to lie, though.
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I was brought up in an environment where my parents expressed their financial concerns in front of their children.
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I seem to have very polite fans, not fanatical ones.
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I know my music probably isn't going to matter to the public after I die, but that doesn't mean I don't have something to offer.
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I have never planned to have babies by a certain age.
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I worry unnecessarily.
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The success of Torn was a bit too much for me. I took a year off and was still scared to start the second album.
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Divorce was very sad, obviously, but now I've gotten over it.
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I'm not a nightclub person, but you need to have a social life sometimes.
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I started dancing when I was three, Scottish dancing.
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I would have been happy to have waited till I was in my mid- to late-30s before I got married, but you don't choose when these things happen, and when they do, there's no doubt in your mind.
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Intuition tells me how to live my day, intuition tells me when to walk away.
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Illusion never changed into something real.
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There is no kind way to rip the skin off animals' backs. Anyone who wears any fur shares the blame for the torture and gruesome deaths of millions of animals each year.
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I know I get cold, cause I can't leave things well alone. Understand I'm accident prone. Me, I get free every night the moon is mine. But when the morning comes don't say you love me, don't say you need me. I really don't think that's fair.
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It's not very often that I like new bands.
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When I'm in London, I love to visit Kensington gardens and just sit in the park and read a good book.
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