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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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Fiona Apple
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: September 13
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Jazz Musician
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Singer-Songwriter
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Fiona Apple McAfee Maggart
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I think I'm better at live shows than I used to be because I'm way more comfortable with the uncomfortable pauses between songs.
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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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I read on the Internet that I was dead.
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Just tolerate my little fist tugging on your forest chest
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I would never kill myself, but you can kind of let yourself die.
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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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The age thing really bugs me. Do people have more of a right to not like what I say because I'm 19?
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I don't want to give any advice to a 19-year-old, because I want a 19-year-old to make mistakes and learn from them. Make mistakes, make mistakes, make mistakes. Just make sure they're your mistakes.
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What will an angel say that the devil wants to know?
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This world is bullshit. And you shouldn't model your life — wait a second — you shouldn't model your life about what you think that we think is cool and what we're wearing and what we're saying and everything. Go with yourself. Go with yourself.
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I don't mind making a fool of myself. I felt like people would be accepting of that because, to me, that seems like an interesting way to do a show. I've always thought that it's interesting to watch people work things out on stage.
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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 been a bad, bad girl - I've been careless with a delicate man.
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Everybody acts like I'm nuts. I'm not nuts I just want to feel it all.
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My problem was that I felt ashamed of feeling sad or angry. Now, I don't hide my vulnerability in my lyrics. There's no way I was going to get raped and not get something out of it. I learned about power and hope and forgiveness. I like who I am now and I wouldn't be who I am if that hadn't happened.
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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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There were songs I would write about breaking up with somebody before I broke up with them, months and months before I broke up with them.
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I would really like to go back to school. I would love it now.
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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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And if I'm being honest, I don't think I have an ex-boyfriend who would have something mean to say about me.
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