Even when I’m in quite a happy state of mind, I like writing really sad songs. I think a lot of people do.
ELLIE GOULDINGMy mum was too busy raising four of us to encourage my hopes. But I’m glad I had the upbringing I did. It made me a worrier and a thoughtful, curious person.
More Ellie Goulding Quotes
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I love designer stuff but like it will only be like, on a whim. I love Alexander Wang so much, but it’s expensive.
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The nature of how we are as human beings is that we’re much more interested in being critical rather than praising something.
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I like being by the ocean.
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Because I’ve always been a runner I love to feel that my body is shining on the inside. I wear baggy clothes, so it’s not as though I like showing it off. I just like to know I’m great on the inside.
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I feel like my figure is a challenge because I’m quite flat chested but I’ve got a booty so I’ve got to look for the right things.
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I’ve changed the way I look a bit but not intentionally. I’ve cut my hair. I’ve got a bit of pink in it and lately I’ve become a bit monochrome, wearing a lot of black and white.
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The very first song I wrote was about a boy that I was obsessed with.
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Men are wary of me because they know, by listening to my music, that a relationship with me will be quite deep.
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By the time I got writing ‘Halcyon,’ I was on a roll, and I realized I had so much to write about, I realized I had so much built up inside that I couldn’t really alleviate before, and then all of a sudden it was like reservoir burst.
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I can fall in love in a simple way, but I can dissect it in such an intense fashion when it ends.
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I feel like my songs are very relevant and very meaningful, but I literally have to get rid of the nostalgia for shows because I would just be mess on-stage otherwise.
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I tend to write things and review it afterwards and realise what comes out. I very rarely ever write something and have to take it back.
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I definitely write about a lot of dreamy, surreal stuff. I do end up going to a surreal world with my music, but I also like the idea of there being really real stuff as well.
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The smallest changes, like I stopped eating meat and I’ve been doing different kinds of exercise like Yoga and stuff like that, little changes have made me feel a bit more at peace I think.
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I believe in the moment of things and fate and things happening for a reason, so I write things down and I trust it.
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