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" I was 17 years old and in my first band, and we played at the university. I was kind of a gawky, unpopular teenager and there was about 400 people smiling and dancing to what we were doing. "

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Hurt

Light

" I don't think about what other people want from me. "

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Want

Think

" I didn't get hugely famous really quick. It was a slow, gradual process, so I was able to sort of grow into myself and figure out who I was and what I wanted without the glaring spotlight on me telling me who I was. "

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Process

" People's ignorance really pisses me off. Stupidity is when you can't help it -ignorance is when you choose not to understand something. "

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" I'm a bit of a perfectionist, and I want to give 100 percent to everything. "

" It's a big challenge for me to keep my integrity and some of my privacy intact. "

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Challenge

Integrity

" I write music all the time. When I talk about having writer's block, it's more to do with lyrics than anything else. "

" And music has always been incredibly cathartic for me, whether it's writing my own stuff or singing other people's music; it's very freeing. "

" If I had to pick one song for me that sort of quintessentially summed me up, it would be 'Angel.' Without fail, I absolutely love singing it. "

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Singing

Love

" I've never dieted in my life; I like food too much. I'm just thoughtful about what I eat, and I'm lucky that I love the taste of vegetables. I'm certainly not 'actress skinny,' and I never will be. I'm strong, and my body works great for me. "

" I sort of feel like music saved my life when I was young. This is the one thing that I knew I was good at. "

" In a sense, I'm always hearing music of some sort, whether it's people talking or surface noise or whatever, because there is no privacy. So when I'm by myself, I just kind of like to be and reflect, and I can't do that when I'm listening to music. Because it's someone else's reflections, not mine. "

" The darker and the sadder the song, the happier it makes me feel. It's just this, ah. I'm in the moment. I'm part of this beautiful world, and it's fantastic, and I don't really know how else to describe it. "

" It's a very romantic sentiment, but to think that you would die if you didn't write, well, I would definitely choose to not write and live. "

" I'm a great mummy. I've mapped out all the fun spots in every city. "

" I go out on the road for much longer than I probably should and lose more of myself than I should. "

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Road

Out

" There's nothing particularly unique about my experiences except that they're my experiences. "

" I try so hard to live in the moment - I don't think ahead very much. "

" I think... I'm perceived as an everyperson. There is no pedestal. I'm no different from anybody else. "

" I don't tend to question things that much. If it feels right, I go for it. "

" I would love to make my music and be completely anonymous, but that doesn't work. You can't have success and be faceless. "

" Running is very rhythmic, and I have written a lot of lyrics while out running. It's a very musical exercise, and sometimes I like to sing when I run. Your whole body is doing the same thing. "

" I like the idea that we build up these walls or rules or laws to maintain our reality, and when they fall away, you're left with a whole bunch of illusions. Smoke and mirrors. "

" I spent a lot of years on the road, and what happens is you find out who your real friends are and you find out where your strengths and weaknesses lie in communication. I've had the same friends for 20 years now and I can count them on one hand. "

" I don't like bad feelings gnawing away at me. "

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Gnawing

" I've always been incredibly lucky that the music that I make, other people like it. "

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Lucky

Been

" I think I've become a much better singer and a much better player. Years and years of playing a couple of hours every day will do that. "

" When I sing, it's just... comfort is a stupid word, but it is. "

" Half the bloody world is going through a divorce; more than that are having children. All of us have parents who are dying or have died. It's just the life cycle. "

" I think sometimes all you need is to hear someone else say the same thing that you're going through to realize that you're not alone. I try to put some sense of hope into the songs, into whatever the situation is so that it's not just dirt, drudgery and a life of misery. "