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I didn't want to be precious about things. Of course, the idea is to make great music, but if you have great musicians up there, it gives me some leeway to play around a little bit.

Fiona Apple

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Fiona Apple
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: September 13
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I read on the Internet that I was dead.
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Rape is the most humiliating thing that can be done to you it's the most vulnerable that you can be. But once I realized that, I became a stronger person and faced all my fears.
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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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I don't know if anybody wants to mix their politics with their entertainment.
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I never thought I'd be in a position where people would be talking about my sexuality and saying how good I look in underwear.
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Heaven help me for the way I am, save me from these evil deeds before I get them done.
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I really don't think anything I do is a mistake. It could be if I didn't learn from it. But in the long run, no matter what I do for the rest of my life, I'll know I did something wonderful by saying what I felt. That's what I said at the awards there: Go with yourself. And that's what I did.
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