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" I think I'd like to be one of those eccentric 80-year-old women. "

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" When I heard Elvis and his 'Sun Sessions,' I went mad for it. I was about thirteen. "

" Music was always part of my life - my mother says I came out singing. I wanted to be Gene Kelly - or Judy Garland. "

" I lost a boyfriend over Elmore James. You know that moment when you send mixtapes at fifteen? He sent me pop hits, and I sent him Elmore James, and I never heard from him again. "

" I never co-write. I've tried it before, and I just can't do it. "

" I believe in God. "

" I got my first leopard print coat when I was 15. I nearly got beat up, but I was happy with it. "

" Music rules a lot of my life - I was bitten by the bug young. "

" I don't tend to set out on huge world domination goals or have anything in mind. I just like to play. I like to gig a lot; I like to write music. "

" I've used a stylist twice, and that was when I didn't have time to go shopping or pick up an outfit for a photo shoot. I think you should dress yourself, have fun with it - it's only clothes. "

" Ooooh, I love Nashville! It seems like everywhere you walk, there's great music coming out of every wall. "

" In my head, I consider 'No Turning Back' my 'dipping the toe in the water' album. It was mostly covers of favorite songs, and there were three originals in there. So, it feels like it was just my album to see what the temperature of the water was. "

" I went to a Catholic all-girls school, and we would play cassettes of music we liked, and when it was my turn, they would laugh at my choices. I would play Billie Holliday, Elmore James and Howlin' Wolf, but it was fine; if I had to listen to their choices, they had to listen to mine. "

" With great artists like Elvis, sometimes the songs weren't the greatest thing about him. When I tried to perform some of the songs, I noticed some of the tunes weren't all that brilliant, but it was the performance that sold them. "

" I even sang once at the opening of a supermarket. You name it, I've done it. "

" I would love to work with Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, B.B. King. I'd love to do something with Arctic Monkeys, Miles Kane, and The Last Shadow Puppets. If I got a call from Juliette Lewis or PJ Harvey, or Chrissie Hynde, that'd be a thrill. "

" I wash my face and put moisturiser on; I've never had a facial, and I don't get my hair or my nails done. I just do it all myself. "

" When I was a teenager, I had a record company after me. They wanted me to be a pop act. They said they wanted me to be the next Sonia. I was 16 at the time. I said, 'No thank you.' "

" Ireland and America, music-wise, are very closely related. The Irish came over with their fiddles in hand, and you can hear it in the bluegrass and rockabilly. I love it when music from different countries combine. "

" I was brought up with beautiful music - Nat King Cole and Glen Miller from my dad, and my mum loved Judy Garland and Doris Day - brilliant stuff. Through my brothers and sisters I heard David Bowie and The Specials, The Carpenters, Meatloaf and The Rolling Stones. "

" I'm not comparing myself at all to him, but I like the idea that Ernest Hemingway always wrote about certain things he knew, he knew the ins and outs, back to fronts of what he was talking about. I love that as an inspiration for myself, to keep it true to what you know. "

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" I started singing in church with my sister Maria when I was four, and I've been pretty much singing ever since. There's never been anything else for me to do. "

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" I got a great kick being in the Warner Bros. studios - that was really cool. I kept singing the 'Looney Tunes' theme song all day. I'm sure they haven't heard that one before. "