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" People assume that all artists make for terrible business people, but I'm in complete charge of my own career. "

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" 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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" My ears are huge. If there's ever a problem with a plane I'm on, they could just put me on the wing and I'll land the sucker. "

" There is a phenomenal amount of pressure on women in this industry: they are considered vintage by the time they hit their mid-30s. "

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" I have a rule that I don't read my press, but then somebody in the crew will be reading it and of course it's right there, so what do you think I do? "

" The violence betwen women is unbelievable. Women try to make each other crawl so that their knees are bleeding. "

" I started playing the piano when I was about two and got a scholarship to the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore when I was five. But I left when I was 11. "

" Some of the most wonderful people are the ones who don't fit into boxes. "

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" You'd think that in this age, especially in the 21st century - especially with all the technology and all the discoveries that we've made - that we would figure out how to tackle abuse. "

" I had a very strict upbringing with my dad and was very close to my mum, who was extremely loving. "

" There's a side to this industry that nurtures divas who can't write. It's a big business. "

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" I don't choose to analyze what I have done and I think that is the right choice, because then I won't be spending my time creating. "

" I can see how the young girls really get hurt when their moms are critical, or vice versa when they're overly critical of their moms. It can be so painful. "

" I think even in a good marriage, especially if you stay together long enough, there are going to be events that happen. "

" I've been known to throw watermelons, backstage, at people who are giving me news I don't want to hear. But I never aim for the head. "

" My husband doesn't know what my songs are about - even when they're about him. He's very British in that way. He doesn't ask, and he doesn't want to be told. "

" I don't mind a dirty girl. But what I find tragic is when we, as women, become not the subject of our own story but someone else's object. "

" I'm really quite happy to say that in my early 40s, I wake up feeling sexy, and I can't say I felt that way in my late 20s. "