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Thea Eve Gilmore (born 25 November 1979) is an English singer-songwriter. She began her career working in a recording studio, where she was discovered by her now long-time collaborator, producer and sometime co-songwriter Nigel Stonier, whom she married in October 2005.

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I think the US and the UK are gradually growing closer together in a lot of ways. They're inextricably linked.

Closer, Growing, Think, Thinking, Together, Ways

Bob Dylan had been a big sort of presence in my life but I'd never quite registered what he was trying to tell me. He was always this kind of figure, a sort of bear-like figure in the corner of the room. You know, every time I imagined what Bob Dylan looked like, he looked a bit like Steve Earl used to look - with the beard.

Bears, Imagined, Like, Look, Looks, Trying

I would always consider myself to be political with a small "p," although it makes me mad when people say politics should be kept out of music.

Although, Kept, Mad, People, Political, Say

If you are a Steve Earle and you're up on a platform and there are people out there listening to you, say something to them. Tell them something valuable. Tell them something they need to know. It doesn't have to be dictatorial, it just has to be informative.

Dictatorial, Listening, Needs, People, Platform

Music is politics - it always has been and it always will be.

Has Beens, Music, Music Is, Politics

Sometimes you definitely need to just let go. You need to sort of forget everything.

Definitely, Forget, Forget Everything, Letting Go, Needs, Sort

It would be a horrible business, a horrible sort of culture if you didn't have the candy pop as well as the real hard-hitting stuff. And I love some pop music.

Culture, Music, Real, Stuff, Would Be

One of the joys of writing music is making your own mark. Study other stuff, immerse yourself in music and then tell your own truth.

Immerse, Joy, Study, Stuff, Writing

My generation in the UK, they're very apathetic, a lot of them.

Apathetic, Generation, Generations, My Generation

If you're a Brit you kinda get used to people being cold and aloof and just generally arrogant - particularly musicians. (Compared to Londoners New Yorkers are a walk in the park!)

Aloof, Arrogant, Musician, Park, People, Walk

I would say Tony Blair is very much a lapdog. I'm terribly scared that when he finally goes - and we can only hope it's soon - that he will be remembered for all these terrible things that he's done. Which is kind of a scary thing for a Labor Prime Minister.

Done, Kind, Scared, Scary, Things

I want to be accessible to a certain type of person who wants to walk around with their eyes open, or at least is open to the idea of change.

Accessible, Change, Eye, Eyes, Ideas, Want

I'm already 30! It doesn't really feel like a landmark. When I started out, my aim was to keep making records. Just because I've reached the 10th doesn't mean I'm going to rest on my laurels now!

10Th, Aim, Keep, Laurels, Mean, Rest

I think that youth culture is now very deliberately designed by both corporate entities and by governments to not involve people directly. Because as soon as you involve people you have a small loss of control; and as soon as that happens, anything could happen.

Corporate, Culture, Government, Happens, Loss, Thinking