Quotes from Natalie Imbruglia


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I'm a perfectionist.


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


It's good to have to put yourself in someone else's skin. It's all-consuming.


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.


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


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.


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


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.


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.


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.


Isolation is a big part of songwriting.


I worry unnecessarily.


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


I started dancing when I was three, Scottish dancing.


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


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


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


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


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


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