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" I see bodies as individual things. "

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" I had made all these rules for myself: I'm not writing social commentary, I'm not writing love songs. "

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" I couldn't see passion as a bad thing. "

" My individual, psychological descent coincided, ironically, with my ascent into the public eye. "

" If I'm censoring for anyone, it's for my parents. They are very old-fashioned and moral people. They still don't understand me that well. "

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" Edith Piaf knocked my socks off when I was 8, but I didn't know what she was singing about. "

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