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" God bless Ray Charles. It was such an honor to meet him and sing with him and actually just to watch him sing from just two feet away. "

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" I'm always going to do that - record and make music. "

" During my first photo shoot, I was unhappy because they put so much makeup on me and straightened my hair. I've been stubborn ever since. "

" I've been told the weirdest things: 'Yeah, I love taking a bath to your music!' or 'I gave birth to my daughter while listening to your music.' "

" I think singing comes most naturally for me. Because it's part of your body - it's a natural thing. You can practice all you want but it's part of your body. "

" I didn't think it was fair to my music to label me as the daughter of somebody - I didn't think it described me very well and I didn't think it had anything to do with my music. "

" There are absolutely no problems between me, my dad and my sister. Obviously I grew up with just my mum, but my relationship with my dad is just fine. "

" I love slow music. "

" I like to be in control of things. "

" I wasn't very aware of pop music because I attended an arts school. For me, it was all about jazz. "

" I like barbecuing because it's easy. "

" I like records that flow really well and you don't have to skip around because there's lot of different jumps. "

" A lot of pop people out there are cool, but they overdo it. "

" I'm not going to play lead guitar in a concert hall full of people, because I'm going to mess up a lot. "

" I don't like shopping, and I like my clothes to be comfortable. "

" What I was going for in the first two albums I didn't necessarily achieve. Because I was young and because it was my first time out. And the second album was such a 'quickie' sort of 'Let's just get it over with!' But the kind of music I make, there's a lot of subtlety in it. And I think it takes a couple of listens to actually really get it. "

" In college I had a weekend gig at a restaurant, a solo thing that was the best practice I could have ever had. That's where I learned to coordinate my singing and my piano playing. "

" Nobody was listening when I learned how to play music. But there's something about being on stage, talking to the audience, looking at them and smiling, that's always been difficult for me. I'm a lot more comfortable now, but there are still moments of awkwardness. "

" The coolest thing I've gotten to do in the past few years is guest star on Sesame Street. "

" It's true, there's a lot of melancholy in my music. I don't know why, I'm not a melancholy person. I've always been drawn to it. Ever since I was a kid, if I had an album I would play the ballads on repeat. "

" I used to be a jazz snob, believe it or not. I sort of turned my nose up at anything more commercial. "

" I always try to do something different. I don't think I've made the same record over and over. "

" There's a lot of personal stuff that can go into songwriting but there's also a lot of dramatization and fictionalization. You have to do that to make a good song. "

" I genuinely don't feel that anything that's been written or said about me has overshadowed my music, and that's the most important thing as far as I'm concerned. "

" For me, there's a fine line between being a cheeseball and being a good performer. "

" Your limitations create your sound. "

" I love eggs so much. I feel like my day hasn't started until I've had eggs. I'm probably gonna die from high cholesterol! "

" I would love to make a real jazz album someday because I never have. But that's something I'm not in a rush to do. "

" I just want to keep making music, recording and trying different things. I don't want to do the same thing all the time. "

" I like songs with a lot of heart and feeling and subtlety. "