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All of my songs are about me and my experiences. They're very literal.

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Lily Allen
Age: 39
Born: 1985
Born: May 2
Actor
Film Actor
Philanthropist
Presenter
Recording Artist
Singer-Songwriter
Television Presenter
Hammersmith
London
Lily Rose Beatrice Cooper
Lily Beatrice Allen
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Literal
Experiences

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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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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'm quite an opinionated person, but I'd never written a diary before. I quite like it!
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People recognize me all the time now, and there's lots of autograph hunting and smiling. But then I get to play gigs, which are amazing. It's a good job.
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Yeah, I was a florist. I went to floristry school.
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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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Nobody says anything real today. Most of those girls have their songs written by other people. It annoys me, because 'eh oh eh oh ahh' is not a chorus...
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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 hang out with models, the biggest pop stars and, you know, really and honestly, I hate saying this, but none of them are achieving those body shapes by being healthy.
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I'm a record collector. I'd spend all my pocket money on vinyl.
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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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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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I refuse to put make-up on just because the paparazzi are on my doorstep. I find it morally wrong.
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I know lots of people that take cocaine three nights a week and get up and go to work every day, no problem. But we never hear that side of the story.
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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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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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But Dad and I are the only father-and-daughter acts who have both had No. 1 songs in England.
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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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When I'm in New York my boyfriend buys me sneakers and vice versa.
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