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The artist who gave me the most inspiration and direction, especially as a singer - and I absolutely consider myself a singer, 100 percent - is Nina Simone. She's my ultimate pianist-singer-type person.

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To me, songs come of their own volition - and with an open-ended philosophy.

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In the present world, this technological, psychotic, politicised, nonsensical world, you have to believe that the good guys are going to win! That evil will be banished somehow!

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I definitely consider 'Poses' - the whole album in fact - to be kind of a miracle. Like the last breath of that moment when decadence is healthy, 'Poses' encapsulates that feeling. It's a kind of song and a kind of album that I'll never be able to repeat.

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I like to make the mundane fabulous whenever I can.

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Being uncool is being pretty much the coolest you can be.

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When it comes to sitting down and composing, there is no hesitation, no concern, no critics breathing fire down my neck. For me, writing a song is the purest part of all. No one can mess with that.

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I may not lead the most dramatic life, but in my brain it's 'War and Peace' everyday.

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Everything I do, I feel is genius. Whether it is or it isn't.

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It seems like the older I get, the more unreal the world becomes.

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Musician

Born: July 22nd, 1973

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