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" I don't choose to analyze what I have done and I think that is the right choice, because then I won't be spending my time creating. "

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" Sometimes it seems like we're closer to our manicurists than we are our own souls. We have to find ways to get in touch with that and to listen to it and to hear it. "

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" Some people say, I'd give anything to be 30 again. Well, I really wouldn't. I didn't enjoy being 30. "

" My ears are huge. If there's ever a problem with a plane I'm on, they could just put me on the wing and I'll land the sucker. "

" My father was a minister and so rock music was banned in our house. "

" In our minds, love and lust are really separated. It's hard to find someone that can be kind and you can trust enough to leave your kids with, and isn't afraid to throw her man up against the wall and lick him from head to toe. "

" I had a very strict upbringing with my dad and was very close to my mum, who was extremely loving. "

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" I've had to keep exploring different ways of presenting the music so I don't repeat myself. "

" I think everyone understands grief, the journey it takes us on, whether it's the death of a loved one, the end of a relationship, a disappointment. Some people don't deal with it, the power of it. Some do. Some feel the weight of it and it informs their choices. I've had to open up to grief in different contexts. "

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" Our generation has an incredible amount of realism, yet at the same time it loves to complain and not really change. Because, if it does change, then it won't have anything to complain about. "

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" It's been a thrilling journey - I have had to really learn that an orchestra is an entity - it's a creature. I have been calling it the dragon and the conductor is the dragon tamer. And you just have to... ride and don't let go and you will be fine. "