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Some people go to Berlin to get more cutting edge; I went and started wearing lederhosen and going to visit baroque palaces.

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The Germany I was enthused with was more old fashioned and kind of romantic. I just got there, and the next thing you know, I had this huge gilded album. It was kind of an amazing experience because I didn't intend it to be that way.

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The moment something happens to one you love, it's twenty times more intense. You experience pain and enlightenment on a much vaster scale.

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I've written songs for Shirley Bassey, Marianne Faithfull, and Linda Thompson. I sort of focus on these wonderful, aging divas. But maybe that's because I think I'm Christina Aguilera.

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I think the minute you mention death, people run for the hills - unless it's heavy metal. People do not like death.

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I have a good face for what I do.

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I find so many songwriters today are missing an element... either the production is amazing but the songs aren't, or it's the other way around.

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Crazy as it sounds, I'm a believer in destiny and serendipity, and I have had cosmic experiences all my life. Something told me I was meant for greater stuff. And look, I've had a baby! And I've written an opera!

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I am regarded as a usurper, as an imposter and dilettante, because I do technically come from the wrong side of the tracks in musical terms.

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As an artist, you put so much into what you do and it can all be torn down in a nanosecond.

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Musician

Born: July 22nd, 1973

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