Being
happy inside makes the work of putting an album together much easier.
Everyone
expects a lot from me now. How am I going to ever follow this?
Everyone was
like oh, this is fantastic, you've got a record deal and I was like, I
don't know if I'm going to be able to do this.
Getting
married had a big effect on my work. Being emotionally stable and really
happy in my personal life freed me up.
Happy songs
are very difficult to write. How many truly great upbeat songs are
there?
I actually got
told off a few times for giggling during a take. It was hard, very hard,
but fun too.
I am such a
bad liar. I would like to lie, though.
I couldn't be
funny just off the cuff. I don't have the creativity.
I definitely
try and combat the superficial industry that I'm in.
I didn't do
anything for a year, just went out partying.
I didn't want
to confront my situation so I just went out a lot.
I don't intend
to carry a film for a long term.
I had to walk
back and forward in a bikini. I just refuse to do anything remotely like
that anymore cause it was quite traumatic.
I have body
issues-that's my thing.
I isolated
myself. I decided I'm not allowed to see any of my friends until I make
this amazing record. There was an element of torturing myself.
I just feel
more comfortable with more clothes on.
I like the
idea of growing old gracefully and full of wrinkles... like Audrey
Hepburn.
I love singing
and I didn't want to waste the opportunity. That's all I could really
do, just keep trying. That's all you can really ask of yourself.
I
realised I had to really think about the singing thing again, which was
very scary, and I started song writing.
I really
wanted a record deal but I was really nervous that because I'd been on Neighbors
people would joke all the time.
I remember
having anxiety because I got the record deal, but I had to hold it
together.
I speak with
my hands and then when I get upset, I tend to raise my voice and
Italians do that a lot.
I started
dancing when I was 3, Scottish dancing. All my childhood memories were
dancing like six days a week. I remember begging my mum to do ballet
dancing because I did jazz and tap and then I wanted to start ballet.
I think a lot
of people just wanted to be friends with me because I was on Neighbors
and maybe didn't have the best intentions.
I think if you're writing with a broken heart you'll
write a certain type of song, but I don't think that it's better.
I used to do
performances at shopping centres and things, and that's hardly cool.
I was in the
safety of mum and dad's home. I was like oh gosh, I've bluffed it, now
I've got to actually do it.
I was really
financially getting to a situation where it was really tough and the
money for the advance of that record deal paid for my flight out of the
country. My visa was running out.
I was really
nervous when I started, but everybody was really supportive and
understanding of the fact that I hadn't acted for a long time.
I wasn't
paying any attention to what was being played on the radio. I try to
make pop music I like.
