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I'm here because of what I write. Obviously, I must know something

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Fiona Apple
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: September 13
Composer
Jazz Musician
Pianist
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
Writer
Fiona Apple McAfee Maggart
Fiona Apple Maggart
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I caved in to what people wanted me to do. I thought that they weren't going to like me if I didn't.
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I've been a bad, bad girl - I've been careless with a delicate man.
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The only reason that it takes me seven years to do stuff is because I just don't really have a plan.
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Love is love, and there will never be too much.
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I like the idea of the idler wheel - it just sits in between things, but it makes such a big difference in the way that the machine is working. That concept has always been something that has interested me, but I didn't really know why.
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Nobody is strong enough to not be influenced.
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If you want to see me cry, just come to a photo shoot.
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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 took off my glasses while you were yelling at me once more than once so as not to see you see me react. Should've put 'em, should've put 'em on again so I could see you see me sincerely yelling back.
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There aren't many poster children for cool angst. Everybody thinks it's cool if you're the bad girl.
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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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How can I ask anyone to love me when all I do is beg to be left alone?
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As a person who performs on stage, it's good to be emotionally open. If you mess with someone when they are in that state, it's like you're messing with an animal when it's eating.
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In a strange way, I'm way more comfortable onstage than anywhere else.
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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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My mind goes to tragedy first.
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My career has been: first you have to prove yourself, then there's the sophomore record, then there's this thing and that thing, and you always want to be understood.
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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'm not the Queen. I'm not a huge superstar I don't get paparazzi around me.
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When you're surrounded by all these people, it can be even lonelier than when you're by yourself. You can be in a huge crowd, but if you don't feel like you can trust anybody or talk to anybody, you feel like you're really alone.
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