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" I was raised in Hollywood by my mother. " - Kat Graham

" I want to have a long career. But that’s based on wanting people to buy into my voice and not into a fabricated image. " - Maggie Rogers

" Why would you want to drape yourself in the trappings of marriage? " - David Starkey

" Fashion is a vampiric thing; it’s the Hoover on your brain. That’s why I wear the hats, to keep everyone away from me. They say, ‘Oh, can I kiss you?’ I say, ‘No, thank you very much.’ " - Isabella Blow

" My lyrics are about same-sex relationships, because that’s who I am. It was important to me that I felt comfortable expressing myself. " - Olly Alexander

" I have never been insecure, ever, about how I look, about what I want to do with myself. My mum told me to only ever do things for myself, not for others. " - Adele

" You don’t have to try to get a job and go through set steps before you start a career or start your life. That’s what I want young girls to know – you can do anything you want. Just start. " - Petra Collins

" From the age of 17, I lived the life of a hermit and dedicated myself to gym life, first in the South Bronx and then back in England. I was in a bubble and I bypassed a lot of popular culture. " - Chris Eubank Sr.

" Lesley Gore’s part-time field was pop singer, and in her brief but urgent prime, she was the Queen of Teen Angst. She endured heartbreak as a birthday girl betrayed by her beau in ‘It’s My Party,’ savored revenge in the sequel ‘Judy’s Turn to Cry’ and belted the proto-feminist anthem ‘You Don’t Own Me.’ " - Richard Corliss

" I needed to create something I could take with me wherever I went. " - Toyin Odutola