Everyone comes up to me saying, Cooee, Julie! Hello! as if I know them. Of course I dont bloody know them. Am I flummoxed by it? Sometimes. I think, Ooh, love, go easy. For a time, I did feel this pressure that I had to be funny, but it passes. – Julie Walters
Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. – Thomas Jefferson
What influenced me was Tori Amos, who was unapologetic about expressing anger through music, and Sinead OConnor. Those two in particular were really moving for me, and very inspiring, before I wrote Jagged Little Pill. – Alanis Morissette