Natalie Imbruglia
Divorce was very sad, obviously, but now I've gotten over it.Collection: Sad
Enjoy every moment: you never know when things might change.Collection: Change
It's much easier to write when you're sad. But you can end up isolated and depressed because you almost need to put yourself in that situation to have that angst to write from.Collection: Sad
I like singer-songwriters, and I find sad songs comforting rather than depressing. It makes you realise you're not alone in the world.Collection: Sad
Isolation is a big part of songwriting.
I like the idea of growing old gracefully and full of wrinkles... like Audrey Hepburn.
I am such a bad liar. I would like to lie, though.
I'm a fan of homeopathy, acupuncture and spiritual healing. In Australia, this is not weird, but when I arrived in the U.K., everyone thought I was a freak.
I'm such a chameleon. I never get bored.
Happy songs are very difficult to write. How many truly great upbeat songs are there?
I've done a lot of partying in my time because I didn't want to go home and I didn't know what to do.
You're only as good as your last record and you could get dropped.
I would have been happy to have waited till I was in my mid- to late-30s before I got married, but you don't choose when these things happen, and when they do, there's no doubt in your mind.
It's good to have to put yourself in someone else's skin. It's all-consuming.
The success of Torn was a bit too much for me. I took a year off and was still scared to start the second album.
You're either too fat or too thin. You just can't win.
You feel this pressure that people will take you more seriously if you play guitar, but I've decided I'm a singer and that's enough.
I know my music probably isn't going to matter to the public after I die, but that doesn't mean I don't have something to offer.
I seem to have very polite fans, not fanatical ones.
I worry unnecessarily.
I started dancing when I was three, Scottish dancing.
I'm quite confident with the way that I look but you find something else to focus on don't you if, I mean I, I have body issues that's my thing so you find something to focus on when you're a perfectionist, I think.
I wasn't born with a natural talent for songwriting.
I'm not a nightclub person, but you need to have a social life sometimes.
It's not very often that I like new bands.
There are artists who think they have to be on top all the time. I think that would be exhausting.
I have never planned to have babies by a certain age.
I was brought up in an environment where my parents expressed their financial concerns in front of their children.
There is no kind way to rip the skin off animals' backs. Anyone who wears any fur shares the blame for the torture and gruesome deaths of millions of animals each year.
Saving animals is as simple as choosing synthetic alternatives instead of real fur.
Since childhood I've always had a tendency to lean towards melancholy. My sisters suffer from it too, so maybe it's a genetic thing. But none of us has ever been on medication.
I can understand why some people might look at me and say, 'What's she got to be depressed about?' I get that a lot in Britain, where mental health issues seem to be a big taboo.
If I start feeling down I'll gorge myself on pasta. That usually does the trick. It's the Italian blood in me.
I've always been drawn to the four-leaf clover. It's deeply significant to my sister and me, so much so that we both have had it tattooed on the inside of our wrists.
I wasn't naturally drawn to fashion when I was younger but with my work I'm so exposed to what's out there that I'm hoping my style has become a little more sophisticated.
When I'm in London, I love to visit Kensington gardens and just sit in the park and read a good book.
My kitchen bench is covered with vitamins and protein powders. I go through phases when I'm sure I'm taking too many - but I don't get sick often.
Generally I can sleep any time, anywhere, any place, unless I'm anxious about work. I can get performance anxiety, so when I'm on tour it can be hard to sleep.
I exercise three to four times a week, doing the Tracy Anderson Method, which involves toning and strengthening our small muscle groups.
I think where men are credited for being strong, women are divas. I just think it's such a cop out.
When I'm passionate about something, I just get excited.
My mum said I told her I wanted to be a hairdresser during the week and a star on the weekend and that was when I was really young.
Intuition tells me how to live my day, intuition tells me when to walk away.Collection: Philosophy
Ignore reality, there's nothing you can do about it.Collection: Sister
Illusion never changed into something real.Collection: Real
Sex sells everything, but I don't buy it.Collection: Art
It was only cool to have blond hair and be a surfer chick [in Sydney]. I could learn how to surf, but I still looked Italian. It took me a long time to realize that was a good thing.Collection: Italian
I'm all out o faith, this is how I feel. I'm cold and I am shamed lying naked on the floor. Illusions never change into something real. I'm wide awake and I can see the perfect sky is torn. You're a little late, I'm already torn.Collection: Real
I know I get cold, cause I can't leave things well alone. Understand I'm accident prone. Me, I get free every night the moon is mine. But when the morning comes don't say you love me, don't say you need me. I really don't think that's fair.Collection: Morning