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" I'm not an 'out there' person if it's not on stage or if I'm not around people I'm most comfortable with. "

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" My sisters and my mum taught me how to be a woman: the way they carry themselves, the way they talk to people, the way they know how to put their foot down. They're not having any nonsense from no one. I can see traces of that in me. "

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