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In the two and a half years since your last album, your fame and profile has grown to the level where everything you do is reported around the world. How do you feel about the celebrity circus that now surrounds you?
I feel like artists when they say "I never wanted to be famous," that's not always true. I think people in the beginning are excited by the idea of becoming famous through their art and then when they get there they realize that they completely regretted ever wanting that. I watched the Amy Winehouse documentary and it's made me think that I want to just continue my art as long as I can and I will never let that get the better of me. I've learned from Amy. She's a massive inspiration. She lived here [in London]. She worked here. Her friends were here. And I don't see why that can't be my life and I can still do my art without letting that [celebrity] stuff [interfere]. And it's not that Amy let it get the better of her. It's just that she had no choice. It was so grueling and, like it says in the documentary, it was like a feeding frenzy. But that kind of thing doesn't have to be part of what I do.
Were you personally close to Amy?
No. We had mutual friends, but I didn't know her and I'm so sad that I never got to meet her and I'm so sad about how it ended because she was just an unbelievable talent. Unbelievable. She's one of the greatest artists to ever come out of this country and to come out of London.
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http://www.billboard.com/biz/article...ers-of-a-crazy
Awww.
She's so humble in the entire interview too!