“Your lyrics are rubbish.” It was someone I was working with when I was in my early 20s. It turned out well because I then spent a long time studying and learning how to write good lyrics.
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Katie Melua
b. 1984
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Born in Georgia, Katie Melua, 39, came to the UK as a child and attended the Brit School in south London. Her first two albums were UK No 1s and she had hit singles with The Closest Thing to Crazy and Nine Million Bicycles. By the release of her third album, Pictures, in 2007, she was the biggest-selling UK-based female artist in the world. Her ninth studio album, Love & Money, was out in March, and this month she released a 20th anniversary edition of her debut, Call Off the Search. She lives in London with her partner and their baby.
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When I see older generations struggling with technology, I am afraid of it moving so quickly that I can’t use it.
I get distracted by anything and everything, so all my projects finish just before the deadline. Sometimes, it’s a bit too tight.
Forty-eight hours after giving birth, I sent a picture that someone had sent me of their baby to a WhatsApp group, thinking it was my son (they kind of looked similar). Mortifying.
Living a fairytale.
My grandma, who died a few years ago, because I wasn’t able to see her on my last visit to Georgia.
I would have partied a little bit harder in my 20s.
I almost cried last night because of the lack of sleep.
A healthy planet.
Knowing everyone I love is always going to be healthy.
I am so curious. We had my son christened because there may be a god but, equally, my partner is a science teacher, so I am also completely open to the possibility that nothing happens.
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