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I was a drug dealer in Ibiza at 15. I did not excel in drug dealing - I was terrible at it. Golden rule with drug dealing - don't get too enthusiastic with your own merchandise.

Lily Allen

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Lily Allen
Age: 39
Born: 1985
Born: May 2
Actor
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Hammersmith
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Lily Rose Beatrice Cooper
Lily Beatrice Allen
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I just felt like I couldn't deal with the everyday responsibilities of life, paying bills and all of that. I'm terrible at all of that. So I knew I had to make enough money to pay someone else to deal with all of that.
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I always wanted to do music but never really had the confidence to do it until my first manager George Lamb, who I met out in Ibiza, encouraged me.
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I don't really like the way that journalism works in the UK anyway it's all about getting the most shocking thing out of somebody and kind of twisting people's words, which isn't really journalism, as far as I'm concerned.
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But Dad and I are the only father-and-daughter acts who have both had No. 1 songs in England.
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If you can't detect the sarcasm you've misunderstood.
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Cheryl Cole, if you're reading this, I may not be as prety as you but at least I write my own songs.
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You have to be in love with yourself before anyone else can fall in love with you to be happy with yourself.
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And I am a weapon of massive consumption And it's not my fault, it's how I'm programmed to function.
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Why is there even a conversation about feminism?
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I refuse to put make-up on just because the paparazzi are on my doorstep. I find it morally wrong.
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Because of piracy there has been a massive downturn in people buying music, which makes it more difficult for artists to make money from the sale of records.
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I think people just probably don't want people to think that they're vain.
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People in this day and age are still under the illusion that every woman who is successful must be being controlled by a man... I'm the boss.
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When I hit a period of not being able to write music, I get up and walk away. It's pretty mean but it's true.
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I studied voice when I was at school, and I was in the chamber choir, and I studied music theory as well, so I guess a lot of it came from being taught at school.
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I don't really see how any song can not feel contrived if it isn't honest, and how could I write honest songs if I don't write about stuff going on in my life and how I'm feeling?
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The Mail Online is like carbs - you know you shouldn't but you do. Probably two or three times a day.
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I wasn't into anything at school. I used to get really embarrassed. I used to get asked to do performing things, and I'd go to all the rehearsals, and then I'd pretend to be ill on the day I had to actually perform. I was very unhappy at school.
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I think people probably lie about not reading their own reviews. I don't think that's true - I've been to a lot of music festivals and hung out backstage, especially in the past couple of years, and I see all these bands reading about themselves in newspapers. So I don't think that's true.
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I love MySpace it's done an amazing job for me and it's been insane over the past couple of weeks, but I'm not a poster girl for them.
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