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Oh my god, it's good to be alive!
I don't do grey. I like my colour, my style.
I'm not a feminist that hates men by any means.
Thrashing about on stage is my exercise for the day!
Music rules a lot of my life - I was bitten by the bug young.
I think I'd like to be one of those eccentric 80-year-old women.
I don't see why women have to get naked to sell an album. It's crazy.
I was one of those annoying kids that loves singing and entertaining.
Up-tempo or slow tempo, I don't feel that one is better than the other.
I can talk a lot and not reveal anything; I would make a great politician.
I'm not filthy rich! I'm not as rich as people think. It's funny, isn't it?
I even sang once at the opening of a supermarket. You name it, I've done it.
I'm a big believer in 'pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start again.'
I started gigging when I was about 16, and I was way too young to be in the clubs.
When I heard Elvis and his 'Sun Sessions,' I went mad for it. I was about thirteen.
There's no point in bringing together a talented band if you don't let them do their thing.
I had a big time punk-rock phase and psychobilly phase. I used to go mad for the Guana Batz.
I got my first leopard print coat when I was 15. I nearly got beat up, but I was happy with it.
I worry about people who sell out to chase fame because when they get it, it might not be so satisfying.
Ooooh, I love Nashville! It seems like everywhere you walk, there's great music coming out of every wall.
I'm a normal consumer but try to do the best I can. I try to buy locally, and I mostly avoid supermarkets.
I am not musically educated yet. I don't read - I make my own language that works for myself. But I play by ear.
I always loved the bad girls in the movies. I loved Bette Davis; I loved Katherine Hepburn. I loved Ava Gardner.
Music was always part of my life - my mother says I came out singing. I wanted to be Gene Kelly - or Judy Garland.
I couldn't think of anything worse than hating your own music and having to play it every night. It would be a nightmare.
Burlesque is beautiful: It's art, it's fun, it's done with a lot of comedy - an awful lot of big wink-wink and nudge-nudge.
I wash my face and put moisturiser on; I've never had a facial, and I don't get my hair or my nails done. I just do it all myself.
I love people with strong convictions, because we are living in a very PC world. You can't crack a joke without it being in the headlines.
I don't tend to set out on huge world domination goals or have anything in mind. I just like to play. I like to gig a lot; I like to write music.
My parents never told me to get a real job. They always said, 'Go for it! If this is what you want to do, work hard.' They were always very supportive.
I love to cook. I love having friends over and family. I am definitely a feeder - I feed everybody. I am jumping around the kitchen like a crazy woman.
'Love Tattoo' I recorded without a record company. I'd gotten turned down by the record companies - they said they didn't get me, which is fine, I suppose.
Don't lie - when you are 105 years of age - on your deathbed, thinking, 'I should have done a few things!' I would like to think I tried as much as I could.
I love to have no plans. It is amazing where your day can turn when you have no plans: meeting people or just going to a little pub on the side of the road.
I like to escape; I like to write when I go on a walk - I'm kind of very fairy that way. I get inspired by the wind. Or when I daydream, that's when I write.
I started singing in church with my sister Maria when I was four, and I've been pretty much singing ever since. There's never been anything else for me to do.
My music is a mix of everything, mostly my own life. I just write about things that mean something and that I can write about. There's no point in pretending.
For me, rockabilly is very, very exciting music. It's electric and kind of wild, you know? It's 'make your hairs stand up on the back of your neck' kind of music.
I was from a tough neighborhood, and we didn't have a lot of money, but my dad worked hard, and my mom is good at budgeting things. That made me appreciate things.
I'm the youngest of five - three girls and two boys. There was one record player for the seven of us. It was good for me, because I got to hear everyone else's music.
I'm lucky to come from a very musical family. If you put a record on and turn the volume up, there's a pretty good chance you'll have a lot of people dancing very quickly.
I love punk rock, The Clash, The Ramones, The Cramps. I love where it all came from, and music for my ears now, it has to have that same electricity, adrenaline and danger.
I remember once doing a gig in Ireland, and there was a woman jumping around and screaming, 'I don't know what this is but I love it!' I thought that was a nice compliment.
I got a great kick being in the Warner Bros. studios - that was really cool. I kept singing the 'Looney Tunes' theme song all day. I'm sure they haven't heard that one before.
I'm not saying that women shouldn't pursue careers, but if it is going to be equal in the workplace, it should certainly pan out to be a little bit more equal in the home, too.
I lost a boyfriend over Elmore James. You know that moment when you send mixtapes at fifteen? He sent me pop hits, and I sent him Elmore James, and I never heard from him again.
I love to look back, but I don't want my music to be nostalgic. I want it to have the same vibrancy that the music I love had when it came out. I'm trying to get that electricity.
When I was a teenager, I had a record company after me. They wanted me to be a pop act. They said they wanted me to be the next Sonia. I was 16 at the time. I said, 'No thank you.'
I never miss a vote; I think that's the power of the people. A lot of people fought and died for us to have votes, for women to have votes in particular - your vote is your one weapon.
I'm on the road earning my money. I didn't get any million pound record deals. Not unless you're Jedward! I'm doing very well, but I still have a mortgage to pay off. So I'm on the road.