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Singer-songwriter

Fiona Apple is an American singer-songwriter known for her unique musical style and profound lyrics. Born on September 13, 1977, she has been passionate about music from a young age. Apple's music career began in the late 1990s, and her debut album 'Tidal' gained widespread attention in the music industry.

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“If you want to see me cry, just come to a photo shoot.”

Ifs Want Cry Photo Shoots

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“If I have one success in my relationship history, it's with the people who listen to my music. I think that they'll be there with me forever, and I'll be there with them forever. And I'm totally satisfied with that.”

People Ifs Thinking Forever Satisfied

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“I didn't want to be precious about things. Of course, the idea is to make great music, but if you have great musicians up there, it gives me some leeway to play around a little bit.”

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“Most of the time you need something to fight against. If something is bothering me, then the only way to get past it is to work through it.”

Ifs Way Needs Past Fighting Bother

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“If I were to imagine myself as an idler wheel inside some big mix of gears, then I would be connected to everything. It's not like there's just me and then nothing.”

Ifs Bigs Would Be Imagine Connected Wheels Gears Idlers

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“I'm not lazy, but I don't have that spur on my ass that most people have, like, "Oh, god. I have to get something out or else my career will be over!" I don't really care if my career is over.”

People Ifs Care Careers Ass Lazy Spurs

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“No matter how well prepared you are in life, you're gonna fall down a hole, and if you can fix the frayed ends of things, then you're better off.”

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“"The way I feel about music -- any song, any style -- is that there is no right and wrong, only true and false. If the music and lyrics are conceived out of honesty and if the production of the song goes along with its original message, then what has been expressed is art, regardless of what anyone's opinion is of it. So things are a lots impler if you just tell the truth.”

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“When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks Like a King What He Knows Throws the Blows When He Goes to the Fight and He'll Win the Whole Thing 'Fore He Enters the Ring There's No Body to Batter When Your Mind Is Your Might So When You Go Solo, You Hold Your Own Hand and Remember That Depth Is the Greatest of Heights and If You Know Where You Stand, Then You Know Where to Land and If You Fall It Won't Matter, Cuz You'll Know That You're Right”

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“I only write when I'm angry or sad, so because that's when I just have to write... If I'm having a good time and I'm happy and things are going really well, why would I want to stop what I'm doing to go and write at the piano?”

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“I really, really enjoy fitting words together - but I only enjoy it when it's easy, when it sort of rolls along by itself. I never erase anything [and] I hardly ever write anything down... The song will be finished before I write it down... I won't write a song unless it serves me in some way, unless I feel I have to write the song to make myself feel better. If you're not overflowing with something, there's nothing to give.”

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“I caved in to what people wanted me to do. I thought that they weren't going to like me if I didn't.”

People Ifs Wanted Like Me

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“I don't know if anybody wants to mix their politics with their entertainment.”

Ifs Knows Want Entertainment

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“I'm not used to not having enough time to live with the songs. Usually, if I write something, I live with it for a little while.”

Ifs Writing Littles Enough Used Song Enough Time

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“If there was a better way to go then it would find me I can't help it, the road just rolls out behind me Be kind to me, or treat me mean I'll make the most of it, I'm an extraordinary machine”

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“As a person who performs on stage, it's good to be emotionally open. If you mess with someone when they are in that state, it's like you're messing with an animal when it's eating.”

Ifs Persons States Animal Stage Like You Eating Mess

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“I wouldn't know what to do with another chance if you gave it to me.”

Ifs Knows Chance Upset Another Chance

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“I've done things that can be made fun of. It's not such a bad thing. If I'm going to end up a role model, then I'd rather not end up being the kind of role model that pretends to be perfect, and pretends that she always has the right thing to say. I'm a product of role models that didn't make me feel like I was as good as them.”

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“My problem was that I felt ashamed of feeling sad or angry. Now, I don't hide my vulnerability in my lyrics. There's no way I was going to get raped and not get something out of it. I learned about power and hope and forgiveness. I like who I am now and I wouldn't be who I am if that hadn't happened.”

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“Nothing that you do will ever feel good if you let people convince you that you have no choice.”

People Ifs Feels Choices Feel Good Convince

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“When you're surrounded by all these people, it can be even lonelier than when you're by yourself. You can be in a huge crowd, but if you don't feel like you can trust anybody or talk to anybody, you feel like you're really alone.”

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“If I respect myself and believe in what I'm doing, no one can touch me.”

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“I really don't think anything I do is a mistake. It could be if I didn't learn from it.”

Ifs Thinking Mistake

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“There aren't many poster children for cool angst. Everybody thinks it's cool if you're the bad girl.”

Ifs Thinking Children Girl Angst Posters Bad Girl

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“And if I'm being honest, I don't think I have an ex-boyfriend who would have something mean to say about me.”

Ifs Thinking Mean Honest Being Honest Exes Ex Boyfriend

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“I never went to concerts when I was a kid, so I never knew if what I was doing onstage was right.”

Ifs Children Kids Concerts

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“I used to get a shiver if I thought about holding balloons, because I was scared of floating away.”

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“But I honestly don't read critics. My dad reads absolutely everything ever written about me. He calls me up to read ecstatic reviews, but I always insist that I can't hear them. If you give value to the good reviews, you have to give value to the criticism.”

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“How can you go wrong with two people in love? If a good boy loves a good girl, good. If a good boy loves another good boy, good. And if a good girl loves the goodness in good boys and good girls, then all you have is more goodness, and goodness has nothing to do with sexual orientation.”

People Ifs Two Girl Boys Goodness Orientation Good Girl Good Boy Girl Love

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“I've gone through stages where I hate my body so much that I won't even wear shorts and a bra in my house because if I pass a mirror, that's the end of my day.”

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“You know, I've always thought that it would be really funny if somebody made a romantic comedy where absolutely everything went well from beginning to end.”

Ifs Knows Wells Made Ends Would Be Funny Comedy

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About the Author

Born: September 13, 1977
Known for: Singer-songwriter
Quotes: 183

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