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I don't see why women have to get naked to sell an album. It's crazy. Imelda May

Crazy Women Naked See Sell Get Why Album

I love the shape of '50s fashion: the clothes are very flattering; they let you out in the right places. I love high heels, too, as I'm only five foot three, although I always tell people I'm five foot five. Imelda May

You have to change your life for yourself, and it's about the fun of getting there - sitting in the tour van, breaking down on the side of the road, you know, having a laugh with the guys in the band, making mistakes with nobody watching. Imelda May

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I was brought up with old-fashioned values. I wasn't allowed to have a boyfriend until I finished school. I wasn't allowed to wear make-up: the nuns would scrub your face if they saw it. Imelda May

School Values Face Finished Nuns Saw Would Wear Brought Allowed Until Boyfriend Up Scrub Your Old-Fashioned

I was brought up with beautiful music - Nat King Cole and Glen Miller from my dad, and my mum loved Judy Garland and Doris Day - brilliant stuff. Through my brothers and sisters I heard David Bowie and The Specials, The Carpenters, Meatloaf and The Rolling Stones. Imelda May

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I started gigging when I was about 16, and I was way too young to be in the clubs. Imelda May

Young Too Way About Clubs Started

Up-tempo or slow tempo, I don't feel that one is better than the other. Imelda May

Better Slow Other Tempo Feel Than

I love punk rock, The Clash, The Ramones, The Cramps. I love where it all came from, and music for my ears now, it has to have that same electricity, adrenaline and danger. Imelda May

Love Music Punk Ramones Ears Danger Punk Rock Clash Adrenaline Rock Came Same Cramp Where Electricity Now

I'm not filthy rich! I'm not as rich as people think. It's funny, isn't it? Imelda May

Funny People Rich Think Filthy

I'm on the road earning my money. I didn't get any million pound record deals. Not unless you're Jedward! I'm doing very well, but I still have a mortgage to pay off. So I'm on the road. Imelda May

You Money Pay Earning Unless Record Pound Road Mortgage Well Deals Still Doing Off Very Get Any Million

I'm a normal consumer but try to do the best I can. I try to buy locally, and I mostly avoid supermarkets. Imelda May

Buy Best Try Locally Consumer Mostly Normal Avoid

I'm a big believer in 'pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start again.' Imelda May

Yourself Big Dust Pick Big Believer Off Up Again Believer Start

I got a great kick being in the Warner Bros. studios - that was really cool. I kept singing the 'Looney Tunes' theme song all day. I'm sure they haven't heard that one before. Imelda May

In my head, I consider 'No Turning Back' my 'dipping the toe in the water' album. It was mostly covers of favorite songs, and there were three originals in there. So, it feels like it was just my album to see what the temperature of the water was. Imelda May

In a way, I'm lucky that I was never classically trained and never went to a music college. I'm just from a normal working class family and happened to get obsessed with music as a teenager. Imelda May

Music Family Class College Teenager Way Class Family Never Obsessed Normal Trained Get Just Happened Working Working-Class Lucky

One thing that did get me into a lot of different types of music was when I was very young, the local record store went out of business and they were selling off all the vinyl. I remember going in - I was probably 16 or 17 and I'd just gotten a record player as a present. It was like hitting the jackpot: all these records for $3 apiece. Imelda May

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I can talk a lot and not reveal anything; I would make a great politician. Imelda May

Great Politician Would Talk Make Reveal Lot Anything

I'm the youngest of five - three girls and two boys. There was one record player for the seven of us. It was good for me, because I got to hear everyone else's music. Imelda May

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I lost a boyfriend over Elmore James. You know that moment when you send mixtapes at fifteen? He sent me pop hits, and I sent him Elmore James, and I never heard from him again. Imelda May

Me You Lost Never He Over Know Him Boyfriend Heard Hits Send James Again Sent Fifteen Pop Moment

I never got formal training in music. I would just sit with my ear to the speaker and my hand on the needle. I'd listen to Wanda Jackson and think, 'How did she do that?,' and lift the needle and try it myself. Imelda May

There have never been so many women in the music industry, but they're doing ballads and pop. Where's the new Joan Jetts and the Wanda Jacksons and the Debbie Harrys, all these strong women? I wanna be the woman that rocks. Imelda May

Music Woman Women Strong Music Industry Joan Strong Women Never New Industry Ballads Doing Been Rocks Wanna Pop Many

I couldn't live on the singing at first, so I worked as a cleaner, in a launderette, in a garage, face painting and doing the windows of shops at Christmas, 'cause I had been to art college. Imelda May

Christmas Art Cause College Face First Singing Live Painting Windows Cleaner Had Doing Been Art College Shops Worked Garage

I'm sorry, but Juicy Couture tracksuits and Ugg boots don't move me in any way, shape or form. I refuse to wear them. Modern fashion doesn't appeal to me; the 1950s were better in every way, don't you think? Imelda May

In 2008, I was in a London park when I came across a fledgling crow that had fallen from the top of an oak tree. A woman happened to be passing, and she said that she rescued animals, so she invited me back to her house. It turned out she was the wife of Jeff Beck. Jeff was there, and we ended up jamming together. Imelda May

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I would love to work with Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, B.B. King. I'd love to do something with Arctic Monkeys, Miles Kane, and The Last Shadow Puppets. If I got a call from Juliette Lewis or PJ Harvey, or Chrissie Hynde, that'd be a thrill. Imelda May

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