Gabriella Cilmi - Lessons To Be Learned
Sanctuary was personal, too. "We filmed me singing it and put it up on youtube and a friend was like 'is that about me? It's about me!' and I'm like, NO!" Teen traumas, unpolished thoughts, lessons learnt. One of her earliest songs was called Teenage Outrage and that pretty much adds up. Days were spent in the studio, as final touches were layered onto the single Sweet About Me -"from the start I was saying this track needs harmonica - and it's there". In the evening she listened to Cat Stevens ("Tuesday's Dead is my favourite song right now"), watched Pocahontas over and over, and cried everytime.
School's out not just for summer, she's been in the UK for five months now. "I've been given an assignment to write on how music has influenced fashion. Johnny Cash- he wore white once you know! - and Prince and Adam and The Ants..."
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