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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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When I'm in New York my boyfriend buys me sneakers and vice versa.
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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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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 know what, my new mantra is this: ANT AND DEC. Ant and Dec. I might get their names tattooed on each wrist. Because they smile, and they never complain, and it seems to work for them and I wish I could be more like that.
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I'm just not a private person. It's not like I do things because I want things to be public it's just that's my way of expressing myself, and I happen to be very famous.
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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 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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I don't think men are the enemy. I think women are the enemy.
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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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Why is there even a conversation about feminism?
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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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I'm opinionated, but I'm not a vindictive person and I never say anything unprovoked, either.
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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 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 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'm quite an opinionated person, but I'd never written a diary before. I quite like it!
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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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If you can't detect the sarcasm you've misunderstood.
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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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Perez Hilton is an irritating wasp in the beautiful rose garden that is my life.
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