Quotes by Lily Allen

About Lily Allen:

Lily Rose Beatrice Cooper is an English singer, songwriter, actress, and television presenter. She is the daughter of Keith Allen and film producer Alison Owen. Allen left school when she was 15 and concentrated on improving her performing and compositional skills. In 2005, she made some of her recordings public on Myspace and the publicity resulted in airplay on BBC Radio 1 and a contract with Regal Recordings.
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I love MySpace; it's done an amazing job for me and it's been insane over the past couple of weeks, but I'm not a poster girl for them.

Lily Allen

I wasn't into anything at school. I used to get really embarrassed. I used to get asked to do performing things, and I'd go to all the rehearsals, and then I'd pretend to be ill on the day I had to actually perform. I was very unhappy at school.

Lily Allen

I don't care what people think of me now, so why would I care when I'm dead?

Lily Allen

I refuse to put make-up on just because the paparazzi are on my doorstep. I find it morally wrong.

Lily Allen

I don't see myself as a role model; people should look to mothers and sisters as role models.

Lily Allen

I never go out to be photographed, never. I go to events because they're fun.

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Sometimes I wish I was just a girl in an indie band. I could dance around on stage and it wouldn't be so much about me.

Lily Allen

I think as long as you're not being malicious and you're not hurting people then you should not be ashamed of what you do.

Lily Allen

Yeah, I was a florist. I went to floristry school.

Lily Allen

I'm opinionated, but I'm not a vindictive person and I never say anything unprovoked, either.

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I like to be able to get up and go and buy a pint of milk without bumping into 20 people I know.

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I hang out with models, the biggest pop stars and, you know, really and honestly, I hate saying this, but none of them are achieving those body shapes by being healthy.

Lily Allen

Do you really enjoy living a life that's so hateful? 'Cause there's a hole where your soul should be, you're losing control of it, and it's really distasteful.

Lily Allen

But Dad and I are the only father-and-daughter acts who have both had No. 1 songs in England.

Lily Allen

I think of myself as quite a confused kind of person, because I think there's so many great things about the world, but there are so many awful things too. I feel very guilty a lot of the time about enjoying my life so much when there are people livi...

Lily Allen

I think the whole, like, cultural diversity and the arty side of London is really, really great. And how it's so historic as well.

Lily Allen

I'm just not a private person. It's not like I do things because I want things to be public; it's just that's my way of expressing myself, and I happen to be very famous.

Lily Allen

I don't really see how any song can not feel contrived if it isn't honest, and how could I write honest songs if I don't write about stuff going on in my life and how I'm feeling?

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I just felt like I couldn't deal with the everyday responsibilities of life, paying bills and all of that. I'm terrible at all of that. So I knew I had to make enough money to pay someone else to deal with all of that.

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You have to be in love with yourself before anyone else can fall in love with you; to be happy with yourself.

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Author Bio

  • NameLily Allen
  • Descriptionsinger-songwriter
  • BornMay 2, 1985
  • CountryEngland
  • ProfessionSinger; Singer-songwriter