“She enjoys extremes, but in life her emotions are always in check.”

— Katie Melua

Mike Batt
[Ariel Leve, The hitman and her, http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2099-2430807,00.html, The Sunday Times Magazine, 2006-11-05]
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