KT Tunstall Quotes

The first person is a tradition I relate to and that I use; historically, it's been the voice I work in. But the hair on the back of my neck stands up when I'm referred to as a 'confessional' writer.

Really, as a writer, I believe that if you're going to write about your own life, you need to do it as honestly and candidly as you are capable.

I read a quote to the effect that we are always writing about ourselves no matter what we're doing. That may be so.

I share personal things about myself in the context of my interviews and in 'It's Messy' - but that's 20 percent of my life.

Coming off 'Reflection,' what we really wanted to do was be more vulnerable.

A writer is rarely so well inspired as when he talks about himself.

Everything I've written is personal - it's the only way I know how to write.

I feel like I really tapped into a pretty honest emotional place for myself as a lyricist. There's a broad spectrum of emotions.

Everything I write is about me.

I have written a memoir here and there, and that takes its own form of selfishness and courage. However, generally speaking, I have no interest in writing about my own life or intruding in the privacy of those around me.

They lyrical content has grown more introspective and less abstract. I don't know if that's good or bad... Sometimes it feels a little raw to be putting so much of myself out there.

Am I now supposed to go on Oprah and cry and tell you my deepest, darkest secrets because you want to know?

Everything I write is highly personal, but put in such a way that it's not dropping everything in someone's lap. Although sometimes I think 'The Taxi Ride' embarrasses me, because sometimes I think it's too close.

I'm trying to figure myself out through my movies. Whether it's big stuff like what we're doing here, or little stuff like, 'Why aren't I happier?' With every film I feel like I'm apologising for something. I feel I'm most successful when I'm looking for something that embarrasses me about my character that I'd like to expose.

'The Good Parts' is me telling as much as I can of the deeper sides of myself that I haven't shared before. It's like an onion that gets deeper every time you cut it.

To me, writing is a personal thing; I write super-personal, autobiographically.

I just know what I go through, and I know how to speak on it in an interesting way.

I try as hard as I can to write from a personal place and be genuine.

'Crush' is probably the most honest project I've ever written. It's my voice.

I don't think I necessarily am prepared to write about anybody else's life but mine.

I don't know what to say about myself. I don't know myself (laughs). People say my humility but I believe we're all humble in our own way. I try to stay close to my family and friends.

'M Train' is as close to knowing what I'm like as anything. I don't know exactly what the book is about. All and nothing, I suppose.

If you really want to know yourself, start by writing a book.

The autobiographical doesn't interest me. I could think of few things less interesting than rooting about in my life.

I think all writing is necessarily autobiographical to a greater or lesser extent, and the less it tries to be confessional, the more likely it is that you're somehow sneaking the things you need to say in there.