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I love Jen Meyer - she's a dear friend, and Tabitha Simmons as well.

Think about your menu, and if you're not a skilled chef - which I'm not - follow a recipe. You can't go wrong if you don't cut the fine print.

It's just this huge sense of relief I have with myself right now ... It took me to be 31 to go, 'Wow, I'm really happy being a model.'

At some hotels, I feel like I have to be dressed to the nines - perfectly eccentric - to walk out the door.

I am a woman. I go on set, and I'll be who I am, and I'll represent who I am. I think it comes with age.

I'm surrounded by freaks. Am I weirder than the rest of them? Ultimately I've learned to pride myself on being quirky.

If a model is going to make some shoes, she's going to make them comfortable.

I am obsessed with the Great Depression and with former showgirls - and the Victorians - the idea of wistful, dark romance.

I was always the weirdo at school. When I became a model [at 16], I didn't tell anybody. I was terrified that the kids would rip me to pieces.

I like those stories that capture the brutality of life, but there's still some kind of melancholy romance.

The interesting thing with fashion is that it's really a massive daydream.

I was always singing as a kid. That's honestly all I've ever wanted to do.

I was afraid of being judged too harshly. But I'd let those fears overwhelm me for far too long.

Obviously there are going to be a lot of skeptics. I only hope I can prove them wrong and give the idea of model-slash-anything a genuine chance.

I just love vintage. I have far too many vintage dresses.

At school I got harassed so badly for being too tall, too thin, too pale - too everything that has gotten me where I am now, which is quite ironic.

I think Jennifer Lawrence is a brilliant role model for young girls, not some of the models that I see on the runway.

Being a model, you're always the product of somebody else's vision.

Trends come and go, and style evolves. It's important to have pieces of jewelry that are timeless and look chic despite ever-changing fashions.

I've been writing songs since I was at least 20. That's what I wanted to do before I became a model.

I tend to sort of over-accessorize, but to feel empowered, I strip it all down and become minimal so that it's almost counterintuitive.

I'm dedicating my time to going on tour and basically juggling music, modeling, and being a mother. Being a mother is obviously the most important.

I was always the weirdo at school.

I had a diary full of lyrics and whatnot and a little voice recorder of guitar riffs.

I don't want my children to ever think that food is taboo.

You don't just wake up one morning and decide to become a singer-songwriter.

I knew I had more in me than just standing up and having my picture taken ... Being in the studio, I have to have an opinion.

I would go home and be this insular girl who listened to music and brooded in her bedroom.