The outspoken pop star finds it difficult when she hears people getting excited about other women’s music as she worries it means she will be forgotten.
She explained: “I get pangs of jealousy when I hear people like radio presenters getting really excited about new music. I kind of feel like, ‘Oh, I’m just fading.’
“I don’t feel I am in competition with all the other girls. I really feel this is the year of the girl, with La Roux and Little Boots and Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine.
“Who I really love is La Roux. She’s a friend as well. I find it quite difficult getting on with a lot of my female competitors but I really, really like her.”
Despite releasing her first single in 2006 and enjoying both critical and commercial success, Lily claims she still struggles with fame.
The 24-year-old singer finds it hard to deal with strangers on a daily basis because she doesn’t want to disappoint them.
Lily - who has clashed with paparazzi on several occasions - told Britain’s Elle magazine “I get quite shy and embarrassed, actually. I get embarrassed when people come up and ask for autographs. I find it odd when people say, ‘Can I have your autograph?’ because, why do you want my autograph? I really can’t figure it out.
“I think people expect you to have a certain sense of decorum, but I almost find it like being a nursery teacher, having to be nice to people all the time. I haven’t got a problem with that, but I think people expect you to know how to deal with s**t.”
In this March 18, 2006 photo, celebrity disc jockey Adam Goldstein, also known as DJ AM, spins records at the Moody Blues clothing store opening in Scottsdale, Ariz. A law enforcement official says the celebrity disc jockey known as DJ AM has been found dead in a New York City apartment. . [Agencies]
SARATOGA SPRINGS, New York – Pop-punk band Blink-182 has pulled out of its show in Saratoga Springs, New York, saying band members were grieving the death of their friend, celebrity disc jockey Adam “DJ AM” Goldstein.
A statement released by the band said Weezer, Taking Back Sunday, Chester French and “some special surprises” would go on as scheduled at the Monday night show.
Goldstein was found dead Friday in his New York City apartment. The cause of death has not been released pending the results of toxicology tests.
Goldstein and Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker were the sole survivors of a plane crash last year in South Carolina that killed four people. Barker was Goldstein’s partner in the duo TRVSDJ-AM.
The band resumes its tour Wednesday night in Cleveland.
Lily Allen thought she would have to have “her legs cut off” after falling on her coccyx.The ‘Fear’ singer cried throughout a concert in Helsinki, Finland, last month, because she was in so much pain after tripping over during an evening out.
The 24-year-old star said: “It really was the most painful thing ever. It was really horrible, because I had one of my security guys with me, and he said he turned around and just saw these two feet sticking out of the floor, in the air.
“You know when you fall over your natural reaction is to get straight back up again? But I was in so much pain I thought I was paralysed or something. I mean, I really thought that I was going to have to have my legs cut off.”
Lily fell while watching two DJ friends working. She was “crouching” behind the decks so other partygoers wouldn’t see she was there when she slipped and fell backwards off the stage.
She explained to Absolute Radio’s Geoff Lloyd: “They basically gave me what I can describe as like an epidural, and yes, it numbed from my knees to my lower back to get through this show.
“But then half-way through the performance the thing started running out and I just burst into tears on stage. It was so horrible. I was sobbing real toddler tears.”
There are only so many combinations of notes that a musician can use. It’s inevitable that we’re going to run out of original songs eventually, hence this video.
Have you ever seen a one trick pony in the field so happy and free?
If you’ve ever seen a one trick pony then you’ve seen me
Have you ever seen a one-legged dog making its way down the street?
If you’ve ever seen a one-legged dog then you’ve seen me
Then you’ve seen me, I come and stand at every door
Then you’ve seen me, I always leave with less than I had before
Then you’ve seen me, bet I can make you smile when the blood, it hits the floor
Tell me, friend, can you ask for anything more?
Tell me can you ask for anything more?
Have you ever seen a scarecrow filled with nothing but dust and wheat?
If you’ve ever seen that scarecrow then you’ve seen me
Have you ever seen a one-armed man punching at nothing but the breeze?
If you’ve ever seen a one-armed man then you’ve seen me
Then you’ve seen me, I come and stand at every door
Then you’ve seen me, I always leave with less than I had before
Then you’ve seen me, bet I can make you smile when the blood, it hits the floor
Tell me, friend, can you ask for anything more?
Tell me can you ask for anything more?
These things that have comforted me, I drive away
This place that is my home I cannot stay
My only faith’s in the broken bones and bruises I display
Have you ever seen a one-legged man trying to dance his way free?
If you’ve ever seen a one-legged man then you’ve seen me
