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" Being on tour really takes a toll, so you have to find ways to stay healthy. "

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" Most things in life come as a surprise. "

" If you're being ignored, that's a good time to concentrate on finding yourself and creating your own mystery. "

" I knew I wanted to be an artist, but I never took music lessons. I was just playing around in front of the mirror and being silly, then suddenly I started making songs. "

" The first tape I got was Madonna's 'Immaculate Collection.' I'm inspired by the way she started from nothing and didn't have a big musical talent, but had a big dream. "

" People comment on how you look; it's so unnecessary. I just wanted people to listen to what I have to say instead of focusing on anything else. "

" I think pop culture underestimates people. The message is, 'Being yourself is the worst thing you could possibly be.' But people are still attracted to it. "

" I'm a vagabond. I live out of one suitcase. I feel very comfortable in black. I feel very uncomfortable in anything else than black. "

" It's a very proactive thing to be dealing with your darkness and getting it out of your system. So it doesn't have to be in your system. "

" Mum is a photographer, and Dad does world music and plays almost every instrument except for drums. "

" I am such a complex person. I have so many different layers of my personality to choose from. I am super-sensitive, and I am super-strong. "

" I want people to have a good time. It's boring only to hear singer/songwriters spilling their guts. "

" I do everything: I'll have a green juice, then a melted chocolate ice cream. I stay up very late, I get up very early. "

" The thing is, if you're in this world, you have to do things for yourself, not for others, because everyone will judge you for anything. "

" I honestly kind of hate shopping. My favorite places to shop are rich old lady consignment stores. "

" I lived five years in Portugal and then spent winters in Nepal or India. "

" I don't relate to the 'Twilight' books or movies at all, but I'm obsessed with it as a pop culture phenomenon - all these people just screaming like it was the Beatles. "

" During the day, I don't wear much makeup; I only put on makeup for the show. "

" I'm not so interested in being indie just for the sake of being indie. "

" My favourite festival experience is a show at midnight with the moon blazing and a crowd full of open hearts ready to dance. "

" I'm more old school: I want to be like Keith Richards on stage. It's not interesting to see straight-from-runway clothes slapped on an artist. It's more interesting when you see people who have their own style. "

" I went to 11 different schools. It was a fantastic adventure, but I was incredibly sensitive and needed a bit more stability. "

" There's more discomfort being an old soul or a person who questions a lot of things. I'm young, but I'm old. "

" I love listening to demos. They're so raw. "

" Touring is really about being on edge the whole time - you're like a racing horse: you've just got to be on. You've got to pull it together. "

" I was 21 and homeless - such a broken, lost woman. "

" When I play, I'm so in the moment that I can't really remember what happened afterwards. It's a rare experience for a thinking person like me. "

" Driving, for me, means power and freedom. The feeling that I can go anywhere I want at any time is exhilarating. "

" I am deeply in tune with my heart and core, and it's made me a better writer, artist, and most of all woman. It's made me more myself. "

" I always feel like I've been slightly misunderstood. As a woman, you get judged for appearances or things like that I don't really care about. "

" If you take the hard facts of a failed relationship, it's pretty grim. But if you make an album out of it, and if the violins represent all the tears, you create something magical out of something very normal. "