A lot of female artists, and male ones for that matter, are boring singers who don't say anything. Certainly not to my generation. With the kind of music I do you have to be direct and quite literal. I don't play an instrument, which really makes me focus on the vocal melody, and the lyrics are incredibly important to me. I don't want to be part of a scene, the whole idea of that makes me feel sick, and most of the music I listen to is by outsider figures, which is where I feel happiest.
- Lily Allen
Cheryl [Cole], if you're reading this, I may not be as prety as you but at least I write my own songs.
- Lily Allen
Education is great for some people, but for me it just wasn't.
- Lily Allen
I always read a lot.
- Lily Allen
I became obsessed by quite arcane subjects.
- Lily Allen
I chose to make LDN a low key 7
- Lily Allen

