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" I don't think writing or co-writing my songs makes me a better singer, but I haven't really got an excuse not to do it as I've got too many opinions! "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
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" I never manage to get to bed early on Sunday night but this doesn't matter, as I don't know one level of exhaustion from another. "
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" You learn that, when your children are all right, everything is right in the world. "
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" Writing songs about fancying people in dance clubs is all very well but it's not the be-all and end-all. There are other topics. "
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" When it comes to my family I never quite know how protective I have to be, or what I should or shouldn't say. "
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" But I quite like that the public has a very short attention span. If I haven't been on telly for a little bit, I can sense it. People don't take as much notice of you, it's really quite palpable. "
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