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Europe seems a little softer, but in America it's harsh. In L.A., where I live, it's all about perfectionism.

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Writing the record for me - every record is almost a surprise. When people ask me, what are the themes you want to grapple with on this one? I have no idea until the record's finished.

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I saw music as a way to entertain people and take them away from their daily lives and put smiles on their faces, as opposed to what I see it being now, which is a way for me to actually communicate, and a way for me to tap into my subconscious.

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I know that I'm deeply, spiritually, profoundly philosophical and I also know that I'm about the flakiest person you're gonna meet.

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I'm quite obsessed with the idea of nailing the girl friendship. It's such an art, so delicate.

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For four to six months at a time, I would barely eat. I lived on a diet of Melba toast, carrots, and black coffee.

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I'm sad, but I'm laughing.

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I'm a bit of an alchemist sorceress. I've collected probably 1500 oils from around the planet over the last ten years. I'm kind of obsessed with the sensuality of it.

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We'll love you just the way you are if you're perfect.

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Making a movie requires 20 to 500 people to make and a lot of money and the stakes are a lot higher.

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When I was younger, I was terrified to express anger because it would often kick-start a horrible reaction in the men in my life. So I bit my tongue. I was left to painstakingly deal with the aftermath of my avoidance later in life, in therapy or through the lyrics of my songs.

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When we [people] are operating from the belief that we're not connected, it feels so dangerous and scary and vulnerable and awful.

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I understand that people are afraid. Because I think censorship is about fear. It's just fear being projected onto art.

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No-strings relationships have helped cure me of love addiction. All my life I've been in long-term monogamous relationships. I had to break that pattern by not allowing myself to have a relationship for a year, stopping myself from committing to men. I haven't been celibate. I've had lots of dates and lots of sex, but I haven't been pushing to turn a date into a relationship. This has been a huge thing for me.

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To lie to yourself, and thereby to everyone else.

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In my opinion, I think sarcasm and humor in a song, without turning it into a novelty song, is really charming.

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I can't not write, if I don't then I get really depressed.

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The thing I always default to is that I'll always be here to write songs.

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I hope that there is a very confused 14 year old girl out there who hears me speak or hears me sing and derives some sort of strength from that I heard that when I was 14 that's exactly what happened.

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I make up new lyrics to well-known lullabies. Mostly because I don't actually know a lot of the lyrics.

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