"My mother bought a piano, put it in the front room, and I just started writing my songs."

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"My mother bought a piano, put it in the front room, and I just started writing my songs."

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"I love to go on tour and perform. I love all the parts of the process."

Love

"You don't have to be rich and famous. You just have to be an ordinary person, doing extraordinary things. I'd like more people to know that it's there. Women's achievements still aren't recognised enough in many areas."

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"Writing music is just something that I was born to do."

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"This band - because this is myself on electric and acoustic guitars - we've done three tours together now and I really, really like it which is why I did the DVD as well."

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"That is one of the things about going on tour, that I get to work with some really talented people and it allows me to be able to listen to them as well - and just have fun on stage."

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"Right from day one, you know when you've written a good song."

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"I've written what and when I want to. It's been about expressing myself. But with the degree, I had to learn to do everything in a very specific, disciplined way. I am very disciplined, but this demanded a totally different kind of discipline. A real challenge."

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"Yes, but the great thing about all the people - and I don't think there is any exception - who I've worked with is they've all been very, very talented musicians."

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"When I was younger I was obsessed with writing, so even if I wanted to listen, I didn't have time."

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