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" I get to know my regular fans, and they inspire me. "

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" All creative people have to have vulnerability because those nuances are what move people. So I'm deeply insecure - but I'm good at hiding it. "

" I'm the type of person who, if somebody offers me a free meal, I get excited because you never know where your next free meal is going to come from. "

" I'm under no illusion that there are things about me that I'd like to change. I just accept who I am, and I'm proud of it. "

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" My mum came from nothing and didn't have many opportunities in her youth, and she blames a lot of her social inadequacies on that. "

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