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" HOW WAS THE TRANSITION FROM ACTING IN MOVIES LIKE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA AND POSEIDON TO MUSIC? &amp;quot;There&amp;#039;s something safe about playing a character, but then it&amp;#039;s like, Who am I underneath it all? So I wrote about love, heartbreak, growing up with a single mom, infidelity \u2014 stuff that I really experienced. I didn&amp;#039;t want to leave anything out because then I&amp;#039;d be keeping part of that shell on that I wanted to take off. I wanted to show people who I really am and what my life is really like.&amp;quot; IS IT DIFFICULT TO PUT YOURSELF OUT THERE LIKE THAT? &amp;quot;Absolutely. Being yourself is one of the hardest things because it&amp;#039;s scary. You always wonder whether you&amp;#039;ll be accepted for who you really are. I decided to call my record Inside Out because that&amp;#039;s my motto about life. I don&amp;#039;t think you ever succeed at trying to be anyone else but who you truly are. When I was in school, I got there on the first day and everyone had long, blonde, straight hair, and I had short, dark, curly hair. I immediately felt I didn&amp;#039;t fit in and started growing my hair. But I&amp;#039;ve learned that I&amp;#039;m only happy when I am truly me and feel comfortable and confident in myself.&amp;quot; YOUR SOUND \u2014 JUST VOCALS WITHOUT INSTRUMENTALS \u2014 IS SO UNIQUE. DO YOU THINK PEOPLE WILL APPRECIATE IT? &amp;quot;It will catch on. People who take risks like Amy Winehouse and Norah Jones take a second to catch on, but eventually they do because they&amp;#039;re different and honest in a musical landscape that&amp;#039;s not always like that.&amp;quot; DO YOU HAVE ANY PRE-CONCERT RITUALS? &amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t like to start superstitions because it becomes a raveling ball \u2014 you then always have to clap twice or jump on your left foot. And that&amp;#039;s just too silly for me!&amp;quot; WHAT&amp;#039;S THE CRAZIEST FAN EXPERIENCE YOU&amp;#039;VE HAD? &amp;quot;Someone seriously asked me to marry them! A boy on the street was like, &amp;#039;I love you, will you marry me?&amp;#039; I was like, &amp;#039;I can&amp;#039;t say yes to that!&amp;#039;&amp;quot;  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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