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A career in entertainment has a lifespan, like one in sport.

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My parents are good role models because they've worked hard and gave me a happy childhood.
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I think there's quite a lot of cowardice in music. I don't mind if it goes wrong, I just want to go for it.
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Come rain or shine I walk short distances rather than taking my car.
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I try not to wear anything I have to fidget with - there's nothing worse than wearing something and pulling down the hem and re-adjusting the top. My pet hate is when girls wear those strapless dresses and spend the whole night yanking them up.
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I would love to record something with PJ Harvey or Alison Goldfrapp.
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When it comes to my family I never quite know how protective I have to be, or what I should or shouldn't say.
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Some people are really good at packaging themselves, but that's not really me.
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I've been DJing a little bit, so you get used to the fact that music sounds brilliant when it's loud.
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A lot of what inspired many musicians is celebrating differences, and people relate to that - more people feel like the unpopular, freaky one than the one in the in-crowd.
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I like the influence of the macabre, but I don't believe in ghosts.
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But I quite like that the public has a very short attention span. If I haven't been on telly for a little bit, I can sense it. People don't take as much notice of you, it's really quite palpable.
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In real life, I'm not super-posh but if that's the stereotype, I really don't care. It could be worse.
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Everybody remembers Robbie Williams said I had a face like a satellite dish.
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I didn't feel so great when I was a teenager, but who does?
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Writing songs about fancying people in dance clubs is all very well but it's not the be-all and end-all. There are other topics.
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I started my music career at 18 and for a long while I let other people handle my affairs.
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I'm happy that I have a look, but I don't over-analyse whether or not it's beautiful or ugly.
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I don't think that old-fashioned idea of record companies exists any more.
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My little boy Sonny makes me laugh all the time. He has good comedic timing.
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My parents separated when I was four. It wasn't the smoothest of divorces, but then as my mother always says, you can't have a passionate marriage without a passionate divorce.
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