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" I like to wear clothes that I will wear when I am an old lady. "

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" I'm quite glad I never learned to play the guitar, because I think I'd write songs that were more classically structured. As it is, I've had to create my own way of writing, which isn't typical. Everything's a big crescendo. "

" You know, people always ask, 'What are you like offstage?' And I always say, 'Well, I'm completely normal and mellow.' "

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" My siblings and I were friends with the boys who would become our stepbrothers - we grew up on the same street. I feel very special to have these amazing people in my life and if we hadn't all moved into this big house together I think I would have missed out on that, because we would have drifted apart. "

" Maybe in music you're making an auditory environment and maybe you change your environment around you to suit your own way. "

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" I've just never been a tracksuit-wearer. "

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" When I first started, especially because I got the Critics' Choice before I'd released an album, there was a lot of scrutiny on what my character was, what my background was, what colour my hair was. I fought quite hard for the music to overtake the personality aspect. "