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I only write when I'm angry or sad, so because that's when I just have to write... If I'm having a good time and I'm happy and things are going really well, why would I want to stop what I'm doing to go and write at the piano?

Fiona Apple

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Fiona Apple
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: September 13
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One of my friends said to me, Oh yeah, of course you aren't writing. So I was like, The next time you see me, I'm gonna have a new song. I wrote Criminal in 45 minutes when everyone else went to lunch because I had to have a hit. I can force myself to do the work, but only if someone is right up behind me.
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I stand by everything I've ever said, apologies included.
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For me, the best times are always going to be the most intense, the ones with the highest highs and the lowest lows.
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I've done things that can be made fun of. It's not such a bad thing. If I'm going to end up a role model, then I'd rather not end up being the kind of role model that pretends to be perfect, and pretends that she always has the right thing to say. I'm a product of role models that didn't make me feel like I was as good as them.
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No, I don't believe in the wasting of time, But I don't believe that I'm wasting mine
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You fondle my trigger, then you blame my gun
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If women want to be appreciated for what we're saying, we've got to wear turtlenecks and long pants.
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I used to get a shiver if I thought about holding balloons, because I was scared of floating away.
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No matter how well prepared you are in life, you're gonna fall down a hole, and if you can fix the frayed ends of things, then you're better off.
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You know, the age thing really bugs me. Do people have more of a right to not like what I say because I'm 19? I'm up here because of what I write. Obviously, I must know something, or I wouldn't have been nominated for Best New Artist. Sometimes it's like, You're right. My mother wrote these songs.
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I was never somebody who grew up going, 'I really want to be a singer in a band,' and I never had any ambition toward anything, really.
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The worst pain in the world is shame.
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I was screaming into the canyon at the moment of my death the echo I created outlasted my last breath.
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