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"You know I'm old in some ways-in others-well, I'm just a little girl. I like sunshine and pretty things and cheerfulness-and I dread responsibility."

"Maybe it's okay to be a kid once in a while."

"As children play games with imaginary things, initially a seeker indulges in little things. So simple people believe in simple things."

"Become like a child - innocent, pure, spontaneous, playful."

"I think that freshness and that innocence is something that is missing from a lot of female singers. I'm certainly not denying that I'm young, but I'm not fluff."

"Innocence is a bleeding wound without a bandage, a wound that opens with every casual knock from casual passers-by. Experience is an armour."

"Come on, ' I said, taking his hand. Clutching the afghan with the other hand, he trailed down the hall after me, a snow white giant in tiny red underwear."
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"Labels only confuse people. The smarter people recognize artists who transcend categories. But I always try to entertain. It's in my nature; writers are born to entertain. If that means working ostensibly within a genre, fine."

"Weekends are a bit like rainbows; they look good from a distance but disappear when you get up close to them."

"I'm incapable of writing without social commentary. I like to think that it's integrated and not really heavy handedly didactic."

"I get drunk writing words. I don't drink or do drugs, but I get so carried away with writing that I get inebriated from it."
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