Lily Allen Quotes

Anonymity would be a fantastic umbrella. I don't like intrusion.

Normally I'm really lucky because I can go down to my local shops and no one cares. I take the Tube and the bus so it's kind of the perfect balance.

I don't like to go out to parties or clubbing, and I kind of like my anonymity.

In California, you can stretch your arms out and not be touching another person. You get space, sun and, in general, dignity.

I just wanted to have a private life.

I can play the main stage at the Newport Folk Festival in front of 10,000 people and do all the gigs and stuff I want to do. Then I can go home and get toilet paper on a Sunday morning and not get hassled.

One of my regrets would be that I will never again have the pleasure of sneaking into a cafe, any cafe I like, sitting down and diving into my world and no one knowing what I am doing and no one bothering about me and being totally anonymous, that was fantastic

I like to have space.

I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.

I just want to be left alone.

What I don't miss is living in a small town where everybody knows you, your family, and what you ate for breakfast.

It is really hard when your life is scrutinized by people who don't know you and who don't really know what the situation is. So I avoid the good and the bad and just try to live in a world where I can insulate myself from whatever is out there.

New York was a fantastic place to disappear because no one cares who you are. No one bothers you. In my ten years living there I was never once asked for an autograph or stopped on the street. It was an absolute joy. I gave myself time and space to get to know myself more.

It's so uncommon to have a place where no one can call you.

Thanks to centuries of island freedom, when we were able to decide who came in and who didn't, it is far easier to disappear in Britain than in almost any other country in the world.

There are times I'd like to be incognito, be someplace where I might not stand out.

If I am out in the street or buying bread or taking a taxi, no one knows who I am.

Inside the car is truly my own personal space.

I like being able to go to the grocery store and know that nobody knows what I do or who I am.

As an individual, I need space and can't be locked in a house with strangers. I would do 'Bigg Boss' if I get to co-host it with Salman Khan.

Life is so much easier without the attention.

I like my space.

The less people know about you, the more you understand how beautiful life is. It's good when you exist only on screen. I don't want them to take me home. I love to have my privacy.

I don't know when I'll ever get a chance to be all alone in a film.

I can have more of a normal life in Los Angeles, where I can be fairly anonymous.