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" Blonde symbolises sexuality and power - it holds very different connotations. The archetypal star has always been blonde. "

" Britney Spears is a big influence. Huge. I think people thought I was joking about that for a long time. But when I was a teenager, there was a genuine connection with this sweet girl who also had this very sexual side that people didn't really want to accept. "

" Even when I see a beautiful woman, I think, 'Aw, her life must be amazing.' Everyone does it. That's human nature to believe that beauty is everything. "

" Everybody is different. Some people like to share more. I just wouldn't want to spoil someone's opinion of me by them knowing me as a person instead of an artist. "

" Everyone gets dumped and everyone gets hurt and there's karma to love in regards to what you've done to other people. "

" I am very curvy, so the vintage stores suit me better than most designers. I just can't seem to give up crisps, or make my boobs shrink for that matter. Alas, I will never fit a size zero. "

" I consider myself a feminist because I believe women should have equal rights. Of course. It's just that the term 'feminism' conjures up other things for people. "

" I criticized the whole American songwriting industry and the pop side of it and I was bitter about it. And I stepped back and thought 'Why are you bitter? You can't just stand there like every other indie musician and criticize this so-called 'generic' music when you're not doing anything to challenge that.' "

" I do have a memo all the time because I need to be guided by something in my life. I'm not religious and I don't have idols, so something has to drive me. "

" I don't just want to sing about simplistic things all the time. It's good to have a mix of songs that have a real depth, and that provoke and challenge people, and then songs that are fun and people can enjoy. "

" I feel like everyone has the right to privacy, even if you're the most famous person in the world. "

" I feel weird without lipstick. Even after the first time I wore a really neon pink or a really bright red, I felt really strange without it there. My lips are a main feature, so I feel naked without them. "

" If you're making too many excuses for someone, agonising over them in a way which takes up all your waking thoughts and feel so nervous around them you could be sick, then they are probably the wrong person. "

" I love natural beauty, and I think it's your best look, but I think makeup as an artist is so transformative. "

" I'm a very, very disciplined person. "

" I often take things I find in vintage crawls and hand them to a very good seamstress, who then replicates them and makes a more robust version in different colors, with a pocket for my mic pack. "

" I quite like dark humor. "

" I've always been interested in how fast-moving our identity is and that I've never been able to pin down who I truly am. That inspires me to write, because I feel like that cements me a bit, in that I find my identity in being an artist. "

" I want to provoke people with thoughts, not by taking my clothes off. It's time to move on from Stripperville. "

" Obviously when you're a teen you have no money, so you make, like, three outfits out of one dress. You're like, 'OK cut the arms here. Alright: New party, cut them to here.' "

" Rejection is a universally embarrassing topic and 'Electra Heart' is my response to that. It is a frank album. "

" Success, I've come to realise, is fleeting so you shouldn't value it too much. "

" There's no one particular road that will lead you to success. I think everybody will find it differently. "

" There's nothing I'd never wear, really. I've worn pink spotty pajamas from a Goodwill store onstage before. This only happens when I'm having a small breakdown! "

" When you are with the wrong person, who doesn't really love you, all you want is to be adored. It makes you more inward and needy. Gross. "

" You have to be your biggest believer. "

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