Natalie Imbruglia Quotes

It's much easier to write when you're sad. But you can end up isolated and depressed because you almost need to put yourself in that situation to have that angst to write from.

- Natalie Imbruglia

There is no kind way to rip the skin off animals' backs. Anyone who wears any fur shares the blame for the torture and gruesome deaths of millions of animals each year.

- Natalie Imbruglia

I started dancing when I was three, Scottish dancing.

- Natalie Imbruglia

I'm a fan of homeopathy, acupuncture and spiritual healing. In Australia, this is not weird, but when I arrived in the U.K., everyone thought I was a freak.

- Natalie Imbruglia

I would have been happy to have waited till I was in my mid- to late-30s before I got married, but you don't choose when these things happen, and when they do, there's no doubt in your mind.

- Natalie Imbruglia

Since childhood I've always had a tendency to lean towards melancholy. My sisters suffer from it too, so maybe it's a genetic thing. But none of us has ever been on medication.

- Natalie Imbruglia

I like singer-songwriters, and I find sad songs comforting rather than depressing. It makes you realise you're not alone in the world.

- Natalie Imbruglia

I seem to have very polite fans, not fanatical ones.

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I'm not a nightclub person, but you need to have a social life sometimes.

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The success of Torn was a bit too much for me. I took a year off and was still scared to start the second album.

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My kitchen bench is covered with vitamins and protein powders. I go through phases when I'm sure I'm taking too many - but I don't get sick often.

- Natalie Imbruglia

I exercise three to four times a week, doing the Tracy Anderson Method, which involves toning and strengthening our small muscle groups.

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I wasn't naturally drawn to fashion when I was younger but with my work I'm so exposed to what's out there that I'm hoping my style has become a little more sophisticated.

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I'm such a chameleon. I never get bored.

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I was brought up in an environment where my parents expressed their financial concerns in front of their children.

- Natalie Imbruglia

I've always been drawn to the four-leaf clover. It's deeply significant to my sister and me, so much so that we both have had it tattooed on the inside of our wrists.

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I think where men are credited for being strong, women are divas. I just think it's such a cop out.

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When I'm in London, I love to visit Kensington gardens and just sit in the park and read a good book.

- Natalie Imbruglia

Happy songs are very difficult to write. How many truly great upbeat songs are there?

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I can understand why some people might look at me and say, 'What's she got to be depressed about?' I get that a lot in Britain, where mental health issues seem to be a big taboo.

- Natalie Imbruglia

You're either too fat or too thin. You just can't win.

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I like the idea of growing old gracefully and full of wrinkles... like Audrey Hepburn.

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I worry unnecessarily.

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My mum said I told her I wanted to be a hairdresser during the week and a star on the weekend and that was when I was really young.

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Divorce was very sad, obviously, but now I've gotten over it.

- Natalie Imbruglia

I'm a perfectionist.

- Natalie Imbruglia

I'm quite confident with the way that I look but you find something else to focus on don't you if, I mean I, I have body issues that's my thing so you find something to focus on when you're a perfectionist, I think.

- Natalie Imbruglia

I am such a bad liar. I would like to lie, though.

- Natalie Imbruglia

Generally I can sleep any time, anywhere, any place, unless I'm anxious about work. I can get performance anxiety, so when I'm on tour it can be hard to sleep.

- Natalie Imbruglia

You feel this pressure that people will take you more seriously if you play guitar, but I've decided I'm a singer and that's enough.

- Natalie Imbruglia

Saving animals is as simple as choosing synthetic alternatives instead of real fur.

- Natalie Imbruglia

I have never planned to have babies by a certain age.

- Natalie Imbruglia

I've done a lot of partying in my time because I didn't want to go home and I didn't know what to do.

- Natalie Imbruglia

It's not very often that I like new bands.

- Natalie Imbruglia

If I start feeling down I'll gorge myself on pasta. That usually does the trick. It's the Italian blood in me.

- Natalie Imbruglia

You're only as good as your last record and you could get dropped.

- Natalie Imbruglia

I wasn't born with a natural talent for songwriting.

- Natalie Imbruglia

Isolation is a big part of songwriting.

- Natalie Imbruglia

There are artists who think they have to be on top all the time. I think that would be exhausting.

- Natalie Imbruglia

I know my music probably isn't going to matter to the public after I die, but that doesn't mean I don't have something to offer.

- Natalie Imbruglia

When I'm passionate about something, I just get excited.

- Natalie Imbruglia