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" I like the Carpenters and Elvis. "

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" It takes me, like, half an hour to write the lyrics for a song. They just come out. "

" The songs that work best are broad lyrically and have one strong concept in the metaphor. "

" Fame is the worst thing that can happen to a person. I choose not to appear in anything publicly. Twitter's it! "

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" I liked Olivia Newton-John. "

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" I try not to do too much self-analysis apart from when I'm actually paying $170 an hour for it. I try to keep it in the room. "

" I thought I was going to be an actor. I liked entertaining. I was pretty much tap dancing for attention from a very early age. My family was kind of musical, and there were people in the circus next door and actors across the road. I just enjoyed messing around with music growing up, but I really thought I was going to be an actor. "

" I get to sit at home with the dogs on the sofa, record in a closet in the office, send them off and, if I'm lucky, make a million dollars. "

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" I'm just completely obsessed with Die Antwoord. "

" All I really want to do is things I haven't done. 'I'm gonna put a paper bag on my head and be on the cover of 'Billboard,' see what I can get away with - if they'll let me.' And they let me. And I am literally giggling inside for, like, a month that I got away with it. "

" There's this image of us on the red carpet, being really fancy, and then there's the reality. "

" I'm never going to sing the words, 'I want to shut down the club,' never, ever. "

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" I don't really listen to music. I don't. I watch television. "

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" I liked myself much more before I got famous. I was much friendlier and had more energy. "

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