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" For me, Paul Simon has always been an incredible songwriter, as he writes very complicated songs that sound very simple, and he makes it look so easy when it's not. "

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" I sometimes suffer from insomnia, and one of the first times it ever happened, I was like, 'I don't know what to do with myself,' so I started writing a song, and by morning, it was finished. It was about how I couldn't sleep... I was 14. "

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Morning

Myself

" I was somewhat of a mute at school, so people were quite scared! "

" My French is terrible, and my Spanish is even worse. I find Spanish really difficult. They speak so quickly, whereas in German, it's very clear what they're saying. It's easier to repeat. "

" People always have to have a reference - I think I'll always be in the shadow of my parents. "

" I wear a lot of black. Like my heart. "

" I'm a bit of a geek when it comes to music. I like studio gear. I'm always looking it up on eBay and seeing what I can afford. "

" I picked up the guitar when I was 4, and from then, I could never be bored. "

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Could

" I think everyone's got an obstacle in their career that they have to challenge. I think, in a way, that pushes you to prove who you are. "

" I think I have a lot of energy, and most of it is quite aggressive energy. But in a positive way, I think. It's like a positive aggression. "

" With a band I feel stronger. It's not just me and my weird thoughts. "

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Feel

" On my fourth or fifth birthday, a guitar was given to me, and I made a new friend. A very loud friend. "

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Friend

" Being Sting's daughter hasn't kicked any doors open for me - he has had absolutely nothing to do with my career. It's all been down to me so far, and that's how I want to keep it. "

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Career

Want

" With social networks these days, everyone needs to know everything all the time. But the problem is, people are so used to short snippets of information that no one has any attention span anymore. I don't, anyway. "

" I like to move around. It suits me. I grew up in Wiltshire on a farm, and that's the only place I call home. "

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Place

" It stresses me out writing songs,; I get really super nervous and speedy. I feel like I'm possessed. "

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Out

" I try to read, but my attention span is so bad, and ever since Netflix was invented, that's all I do in my spare time, which is really bad, but it's like a chore to read for me. "

" I started listening to a lot of Jimi Hendrix and Neil Young when I was 8 or 9 years old - I had siblings that gave me good music instead of the crap that was on the radio in the '90s. "

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Music

Radio

" I was very young when I did 'I Blame Coco,' and I never really recognized that sound as me. "

" I think, forever, I was trying to figure out maybe... what I am. But I don't think anyone should feel pressured to have any kind of label or tag on them. We should treat everybody the same... Me, I don't like to be put down to a specific thing. We're all human beings. "

" I don't look into myself too much. I don't think I'm shy so much as a better listener than I am a speaker. I just really don't wish for attention. "

" Music is about self-expression and representing the times, and I think fashion is the same. It took me a long time to find my own style, both in terms of fashion and music. "

" I would make documentaries if it was a worthy cause. I have a lot of respect for people who put themselves in harm's way to make people see that something needs to be done. "

" I'm very much a creature of habit. I don't like to try to new things. "

" It's difficult to explain exactly how I react to music, but if it makes me feel anything at all, then I'll have some kind of emotional relationship to it. That's what defines good music to me - if it makes me truly feel something. "

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Feel

" It's always best to challenge yourself and go to a place out of your comfort zone. "

" I only wear black. I think it suits me. "

" I'm very shy and awkward; I can't have a normal conversation, and then people think I'm being a bit rude, but really I'm not. "

" In 2009, I fractured my skull in a freak accident at an L.A. restaurant. I suffered a seizure and was rushed into hospital. I was so out of it that I refused to let them scan my brain. My dad rushed to my bedside and talked me into having the CAT scan - he told me that I might die if I didn't go through with it. "

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" I can only be myself, and if I have to suffer for that, that's okay, because to pretend to be somebody else - I tried that, it's terrible. "

" I'm an extremist. I don't do things in halves. I don't moderate anything. That can be with work or with good things as well. But often, I take it a bit too far. "