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" There's this image of us on the red carpet, being really fancy, and then there's the reality. "

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" I'm an advocate of 'it's not what you are, it's who you are.' "

" This is a sick business. It's so sad. "

" I don't really leave the house. "

" If a transporter could send me from the bed with the dogs watching crappy TV to the stage five minutes before I go on, then immediately back to bed, I would love it. "

" I'm very easily influenced, and I'm also a quick study, so I think when I decided I wanted to write pop songs, I literally just listened to pop radio for six months to get a feel for it and understand it. "

" Everybody in the entertainment industry is insecure. "

" I don't really even go out that much now, except to walk my dogs, because I don't want to be recognised. I used to be a really friendly person, and now I just want to be invisible. I liked myself much more before I got famous. I was much friendlier and had more energy. "

" People call me for the ballads. Apparently that's where I've been pigeonholed. But it's really interesting and really fun. It's my favourite part of the job, writing. "

" I'm allowed to maintain some modicum of privacy. But also, I would like not to be picked apart or for people to observe when I put on 10 pounds or take off 10 pounds, or I have a hair extension out of place, or my fake tan is botched. "

" I really feel like I've nailed songwriting. It's my specialty; it's what I'm good at. "

" 'Chandelier' took, like, four minutes to write the chords, then, like, 12-15 minutes to write the lyrics. Probably 10 or 15 minutes to cut the vocals. "

" I don't really listen to music. I don't. I watch television. "

" That's the thing about awards - it's for the people who do all the hard work behind the scenes. An award is just a clap at them. "

" I like to sing, and I like to make records - and that part is fun. "

" That would really be my fantasy - maybe just do three shows a year and each year in a different city, just singing for the people who really want to see it, and then just write for other people. I do love to sing, but I'm just as happy singing in the bathtub, you know? "

" I was weirdly obsessed with music until I was 11, and then I turned into a nerd. "

" I'm fine around other people's feelings. It doesn't make me nervous or anxious. "

" I do not love performing. I get really scared. "

" I get to sit at home with the dogs on the sofa, record in a closet in the office, send them off and, if I'm lucky, make a million dollars. "

" I believe that once I put music out, it's owned by the listener. "

" So where a lot of people will spend three weeks on one song, I will write 10 in three weeks. Maybe the song that they sculpt is going to be as successful as just one of the 10 that I wrote. "

" Usually, the song will tell me who it belongs to. It seems clear to me who would do a good job with it, who it suits. "

" That's why 'Chandelier' was interesting to me... I wrote the song because there's so many party-girl anthems in pop. And I thought it'd be interesting to do a different take on that. "

" I used to be addicted to 'Reader's Digest' growing up. I would read the stories about love, and I guess that's where I became a hopeless romantic. I draw from that a lot. "

" I'm impressionable, that's for sure. "

" I love to dance. I have always been the first on the dance floor, but I'm not teachable. I couldn't learn 'five, six, seven, eight' if my life depended on it. "

" Fame is the worst thing that can happen to a person. I choose not to appear in anything publicly. Twitter's it! "

" Married life is awesome. "

" I think that, to some degree, being irreverent is the only reason I continue to be successful. "

" I'm really visually stimulated more than anything. I don't really listen to music. I'm more into watching telly or watching movies and visual art. "