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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?

Lily Allen

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Lily Allen
Age: 39
Born: 1985
Born: May 2
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Hammersmith
London
Lily Rose Beatrice Cooper
Lily Beatrice Allen
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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'm opinionated, but I'm not a vindictive person and I never say anything unprovoked, either.
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Perez Hilton is an irritating wasp in the beautiful rose garden that is my life.
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If you can't detect the sarcasm you've misunderstood.
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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 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.
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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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I'm quite an opinionated person, but I'd never written a diary before. I quite like it!
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I'm a record collector. I'd spend all my pocket money on vinyl.
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