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" Adele's like a beacon of honesty. Doesn't compromise, goes to America and she's still the same sweary cockney. "
Compromise
She
Like
" All creative people have to have vulnerability because those nuances are what move people. So I'm deeply insecure - but I'm good at hiding it. "
Vulnerability
Good
Creative
" All the things that I find beautiful have a darkness about them. "
About
Find
Darkness
" A lot of men do have a fear of my ultra-femininity. Sometimes people say I look like a drag queen, that I look scary, but I think that's a fear of my confidence. Most women in contemporary culture pare down their femininity, so there's a slight androgyny about them, and I think men have got used to seeing that. "
Women
Confidence
Culture
" Anybody who says they don't want to be seen on a show which has millions of people watching it at one time when they're in the business of selling records is a bit silly. "
Business
Time
Silly
" Anything that's on television as often as someone on 'The X Factor' is what's successful. That doesn't mean that I condone that or think that it's right. To be honest, I'd be the first to say I think it's a shame. But if that's the way it is then that's the way it is. "
Think
Say
Successful
" Celebrity culture is an aspirational culture regardless of how much you don't want it to be. "
Culture
Want
Much
" Cinema affects everything, from the way I get dressed to how I build my stages. "
Way
Dressed
Everything
" Compared to a lot of artists, I'm usually quite covered up in videos and photo shoots. "
Videos
Lot
Artists
" Curvy is something to be proud of. "
Curvy
Something
Proud
" Dressing up is like therapy; I feel better in myself when I've made an effort. "
Better
Feel
Effort
" Ever since I was little, my mum used to choose an outfit for me and lay it on the bed so I'd know what I was wearing the next day. I never went to a uniformed school, so I always had an outfit - and I never really grew out of that, I don't think. "
Day
School
Choose
" I agree with cosmetic surgery for medical reasons - my mother had breast cancer and I think it's very sad when somebody has no choice in what happens to their body. "
Sad
Think
Mother
" I am inspired by show girls and Vegas. I was a cabaret performer, so that's where all that influence comes from. "
Influence
Vegas
I Am
" I design all my sets. With my tour and my album artwork, I co-design that with people who are better at drawing than me. But I've got a good imagination. I went to art school so I understand how to communicate my ideas. "
Imagination
Art
School
" I'd love to say that I could write political songs, but I don't feel clued-up enough. "
Say
Political
Enough
" I'd never go on a reality show - it's too invasive. "
Never
Go
Too
" I don't connect much with the present. I have more of an affinity for what came in the past. "
In The Past
Present
Much
" I don't feel I fit in with morning television because I'm like a vampire and I like to stay up late. "
Vampire
Television
Morning
" I don't have a competitive bone in my body, so the last thing I want to do is be competing with people. "
Last
Body
Bone
" I don't have a daily routine, beyond brushing my teeth. It changes every day. "
Routine
Daily
Changes
" I don't know anyone, from any class, who's had a perfectly easy life. I've met people born into wealthy families who feel like they didn't have much emotional support, and people who come from working-class families who had loads of love but no money. "
Money
Support
Love
" I don't normally have time to read, so when I go away I like to take a few books. "
Like
Go
Away
" I don't overthink when I'm styling. I kind of forgive myself and accept that I will make mistakes. Getting dressed should be a fun experience! "
Fun
Kind
Experience
" I don't understand why the accent you speak in has to indicate what level of intellect you have. "
Understand
Why
Speak
" I'd rather be on my own than be with a violent man. "
Rather
My Own
Man
" I'd rather die than let somebody get the better of me. "
Rather
Somebody
Than
" I dread the idea of a paparazzi snapping me while I'm out running. "
Idea
Me
Out
" I'd say that, first and foremost, I'm a performer; I started performing when I was four years old, and being on stage from a young age set me up. "
Old
Young
Me
" I enjoy being a girl. "
Enjoy
Being A Girl
Being
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