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" I was one of those annoying kids that loves singing and entertaining. "

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" Up-tempo or slow tempo, I don't feel that one is better than the other. "

" One thing that did get me into a lot of different types of music was when I was very young, the local record store went out of business and they were selling off all the vinyl. I remember going in - I was probably 16 or 17 and I'd just gotten a record player as a present. It was like hitting the jackpot: all these records for $3 apiece. "

" I enjoy music so much; it's such a passion in my life, and I hope that comes across. "

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

" People expect you to change when you become a mother, and of course my priorities changed when I had Violet. She's number one in my life and the best thing that ever happened to me, but I still have fun. I am still myself, but that is made out to seem like I am rebelling against motherhood. "

" 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. "

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

" I couldn't live on the singing at first, so I worked as a cleaner, in a launderette, in a garage, face painting and doing the windows of shops at Christmas, 'cause I had been to art college. "

" 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.' "

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" I started gigging when I was about 16, and I was way too young to be in the clubs. "

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

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" I like to escape; I like to write when I go on a walk - I'm kind of very fairy that way. I get inspired by the wind. Or when I daydream, that's when I write. "

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