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" If I was writing songs just for me I'd only play them in my living room, alone. "

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" There's room for everybody on the planet to be creative and conscious if you are your own person. If you're trying to be like somebody else, then there is isn't. "

" My father has a pragmatic mind. He marched with Dr. King in the '60s, and he's very much for women's rights. "

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" I know people sometimes have this fantasy about Cornwall. But the Cornish are so grounded. "

" For the most part, pianos are female to me. Sometimes they're dykes, and they're always good fun. "

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" I am the worst influence. If you can't handle your vices, then I am the Devil. "

" There's a richness to the old works if you look before the 1950s. The chord progressions and the language was more complicated, especially in the jazz and classical world. "

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" I think everyone understands grief, the journey it takes us on, whether it's the death of a loved one, the end of a relationship, a disappointment. Some people don't deal with it, the power of it. Some do. Some feel the weight of it and it informs their choices. I've had to open up to grief in different contexts. "

" Cornwall is one of the most beautiful places, with great people - there's not a great downside to it. "

" Some people say, I'd give anything to be 30 again. Well, I really wouldn't. I didn't enjoy being 30. "

" I don't really cook. There are caterers, and my husband cooks. "

" Not everybody wants to have the same career. I think what's difficult is when you have two people that do something very, very similar and they both, say, want the limelight. That's very tricky. "

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" It's fun to write your set list 20 minutes before and keep the crew very much on their toes. "