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" I'm not planning to jump off a bridge with no bungee. "

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" I'm very American. "

" The pop world is cool, but I never really thought of myself as part of it or wanting to be a part of it because I'm on a label that's not really like that. They're not trying to dress me up, they're not trying to do things like that. I feel like I'm sort of separate from that, actually. "

" There are absolutely no problems between me, my dad and my sister. Obviously I grew up with just my mum, but my relationship with my dad is just fine. "

" I don't want to be singing my diary. "

" I actually write more on guitar than I do on piano. "

" I'm not a great piano player. "

" Everyone in my high school was a bit nerdy. We didn't even have a football team. "

" What I was going for in the first two albums I didn't necessarily achieve. Because I was young and because it was my first time out. And the second album was such a 'quickie' sort of 'Let's just get it over with!' But the kind of music I make, there's a lot of subtlety in it. And I think it takes a couple of listens to actually really get it. "

" I had very modest expectations when I first moved to New York. I didn't even expect to get a record deal. "

" I don't actually have a lot of discipline. I've worked hard at music. But I feel like you know, I felt like kind of natural at it. I always had a knack for it. "

" Nobody can tell you you're wrong for writing a song about how you feel - even if you don't really feel that way. "

" I think singing comes most naturally for me. Because it's part of your body - it's a natural thing. You can practice all you want but it's part of your body. "

" I hope there are some audiophiles still out there. "

" I like barbecuing because it's easy. "

" I'm ballsy. Well, sometimes I'm ballsy. "

" I genuinely don't feel that anything that's been written or said about me has overshadowed my music, and that's the most important thing as far as I'm concerned. "

" Sometimes when you're trying to do a record too close to home, you can get really distracted. "

" If you're a female and you get asked by someone who shoots the most beautiful female scenes to be in their film, it's kind of exciting. "

" Making records is fun. It's not some big statement. You're allowed to make mistakes. "

" I don't want to be the next big anything. I just want to play for people and that's it. "

" God bless Ray Charles. It was such an honor to meet him and sing with him and actually just to watch him sing from just two feet away. "

" I should have a therapist. I have plenty to therapise about. "

" Without a piano I don't know how to stand, don't know what to do with my hands. "

" A lot of pop people out there are cool, but they overdo it. "

" During my first photo shoot, I was unhappy because they put so much makeup on me and straightened my hair. I've been stubborn ever since. "

" I like records that flow really well and you don't have to skip around because there's lot of different jumps. "

" I like to be in control of things. "

" I wasn't very aware of pop music because I attended an arts school. For me, it was all about jazz. "

" Success and the art of making music are two different things for me. "