Lily Allen Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“I don't see myself as a role model; people should look to mothers and sisters as role models.”
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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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“And I am a weapon of massive consumption And it's not my fault, it's how I'm programmed to function.”
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“If you can't detect the sarcasm you've misunderstood.”
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“I don't think men are the enemy. I think women are the enemy.”
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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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“As for drugs, it annoys me that people think it`s the worst thing in the world compared with, say, not paying your taxes. If you don`t pay tax, you may be stealing from someone who needs an operation. As for me and drugs or alcohol: No thanks, I`m abstaining for a while.”
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“I'm really convinced I`m not talented at all, and I'm sure that people are just about to figure that out.”
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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 know lots of people that take cocaine three nights a week and get up and go to work every day, no problem. But we never hear that side of the story.”
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“I've actually broken up with boyfriends for inspiration.”
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“When I hit a period of not being able to write music, I get up and walk away. It's pretty mean but it's true.”
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“I still think I'm fat. Right now I'm worrying about how I'm going to lose weight after the pregnancy. I feel like an elephant, but I do get the occasional sexy pregnant day where I think I look great.”
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“When I'm in New York my boyfriend buys me sneakers and vice versa.”
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“Perez Hilton is an irritating wasp in the beautiful rose garden that is my life.”
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“There's a certain amount of what I wear that I wear for irony.”
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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 hang out with models, the biggest pop stars and, you know, really and honestly, I hate saying this, but none of them are achieving those body shapes by being healthy.”
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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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“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'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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“I wasn't into anything at school. I used to get really embarrassed. I used to get asked to do performing things, and I'd go to all the rehearsals, and then I'd pretend to be ill on the day I had to actually perform. I was very unhappy at school.”
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“When a music teacher that I had at school was taken ill and we had a variety show and I had to fill in - that's when I realized I had a voice.”
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“I think of myself as quite a confused kind of person, because I think there's so many great things about the world, but there are so many awful things too. I feel very guilty a lot of the time about enjoying my life so much when there are people living in such misery.”
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“You have to be in love with yourself before anyone else can fall in love with you; to be happy with yourself.”
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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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“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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“Why is there even a conversation about feminism?”
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“I think the whole, like, cultural diversity and the arty side of London is really, really great. And how it's so historic as well.”
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