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Roisin Murphy Quotes

Irish - Musician | July 5, 1973 -

The day I turned 16, I moved into my own flat. My parents had just broken up, and I didn't want to go back to Ireland with my mother. I was doing my A-levels, and my friends would come over and watch 'Twin Peaks.'

Mother Day Broken Parents Doing Go

I was about 10 when I first began to sing. My mother had been away for three weeks, and I learned 'Don't Cry for Me Argentina.' When she came back, I sang it in front of her, my auntie Linda, my father, my uncle Jim, and my grandmother.

Father Mother Me Back Uncle Three

Performance was a shock to me. The first time I remember feeling I could do it was during the making of my first video, 'Fun for Me.' I couldn't sleep the night before the shoot, I was so frightened. I had to play a ghost and a piece of merchandise in a shop window, and I had no idea whether I was going to be able to pull it off.

Time Sleep Fun Me Window Night

I didn't spend my childhood trying to be a performer; it was a big surprise to me that this was what I was doing. But it has always felt quite natural to me. I wasn't taught to do what I do; I found out bit by bit.

Childhood Me Surprise Doing Trying

Being able to express yourself is one of the hardest things in the world.

Yourself World Express Yourself Being

I respect Lady Gaga's work as an artist and as a fellow fashion icon. She is a very talented performer, playing the piano, singing live, and dancing, too.

Work Live Respect Singing Fashion

I never said, 'Lady Gaga is a poor imitation of me.' That was a completely made-up quote.

Me Lady Said Poor Never Imitation

It's not nice to be called a nutter, because it dismisses the input I've had into my own destiny over the years.

Destiny Nice My Own Over Years Own

At 16, I got housing benefit, and I had my own flat in an old woman's house. I was the only 16-year-old I knew living alone.

Alone Woman House Living My Own Old

My family are all mad. But I got a lot of strength from them.

Family Strength Mad Got Lot Them

I do come alive in front of a camera. The first video I ever made was a formative moment for me.

Moment Me Camera Alive First Come

It's a natural disposition for me to become muse-like in a relationship.

Relationship Me Become Natural

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