Occupation: Singer-Songwriter Birth: September 14, 1983 Death: July 23, 2011
I just dress like... I'm an old black man. Sorry! Like I'm an old Jewish black man. I just dress like it's still the '50s..
I know I'm talented, but I wasn't put here to sing. I was put here to be a wife and a mom and look after my family..
I didn't think it was special to be able to sing..
It’s too much of a drinking culture, everything tastes better with a drink. Like, watch TV: glass of wine. Cooking dinner: glass of champagne. White ….
I'm a young woman and I'm going to write about what I know..
I've got a crush on my backing singer..
Now I think that going to the gym is the best drug. I go four times a week and it gives me the buzz I need..
I like pin-up girls. I'm more of a boy than a girl. I'm not a lesbian, though - not before a sambuca anyway..
I write songs about stuff that I can't really get past personally - and then I write a song about it and I feel better..
Music is the only thing that will give and give and give and not take..
I wouldn't say I'm a feminist, but I don't like girls pretending to be stupid because it's easier..
Here in England, everyone's a pop star, innit, whereas in America they believe in the term artist..
If you're nice to me I'll never write anything bad about you..
I told you I was trouble, you know that I'm no good..
I don't listen to a lot of new stuff. I just like the old stuff. It's all quite dramatic and atmospheric. You'd have an entire story in song. I never….
I'm a realist and a dreamer. There are certain things you can give certain people and certain things you can't..
I'm not very ambitious at all..
Girls talk to each other like men talk to each other. But girls have an eye for detail..
I'm not frightened of appearing vulnerable..
Having listened to great songwriters like James Taylor and Carole King, I felt there was nothing new that was coming out that really represented me a….
I only write about stuff that’s happened to me.. stuff I can’t get past personally. Luckily, I'm quite self-destructive..