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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More Ellie Goulding Quotes
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I just sing and write songs and wear what I want. It’s quite a good job really. If I wanted to I suppose I could become more of a fashion icon, but singing is my thing.
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Even if a relationship doesn’t work out, you can always take something positive from something negative. You never know what’s around the corner.
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I like the idea about somewhere there being a world… somewhere there’s a world that I don’t know about. But also, that somewhere, there was once something that disappeared.
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I love prints of skulls and bones and have some taxidermy – a crow and a rabbit – to remind me of home. I like art and have a big portrait of Bjork.
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I’ve just become quite fixated on the idea of calmness and peacefulness somewhere, someday.
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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 used to be obsessed with Pearl Jam, but I love having pink hair and kind of looking like a Barbie.
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You should constantly write because your writing is always evolving and progressing. It’s really important to start writing young.
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My soul is to sell. The dark is too hard to beat ’cause they’re calling me.
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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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I’d call what I do pop music, but it’s folky and electronic and it doesn’t really sound like much else.
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One of the most powerful feelings in the world is after a really, really long run.
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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’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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I’m never happy with my face, my hair, I haven’t really got any boobs and I’m not really that tall.
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When you reach a point of no return with someone and you feel there’s going to be no reconciliation, you have to disconnect. I can’t allow myself to be emotionally connected with people like that again, it’s too damaging.
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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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I think hype is a good thing. You need it and it’ll teach you valuable things and you’ll grow stronger, which is what I’ve done.
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It took time to really build myself a reputation as a good live performer, a musician and an artist.
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I take inspiration from everything around me, also relationships and friends. And the inside of my crazy head.
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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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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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The only really safe thing to do is to write a diary of where you’ve been, what time you went to bed, what you ate. If I wrote honestly about everything I think it’d be a disaster. It would cause a lot of trouble.
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My 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.
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I guess I’m just quite observant and I pay attention to a lot of things. Human behavior really fascinates me.
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I like being by the ocean.
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