Stars: The Now & Future Queen

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Her main concern is "not to be totally bracketed" and not to repeat herself. "Strangely enough," she says, "singing has never been particularly easy for me. Particularly singing the way I want to. I have not found the easy, enjoyable way of singing. I think I have a fear of finding it, probably from having a little too much of singing when I was young. In the back of my mind and the bottom of my heart I want to lick that."

It is Tony Walton's guess that Julie's self-concern stems from "this guilt feeling about taking it easy," but she is probably a lot healthier than even she gives herself credit for. After all, any girl who eats boiled-potato sandwiches and goes around in a car singing at the top of her lungs can't be all bad.