You get to a certain age and you can’t judge yourself on your dad or your parents.
ELLIE GOULDINGI wrote a lot of poetry that was based on stories of the sea and I was really inspired by that.
More Ellie Goulding Quotes
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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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I love pink – pink’s my favourite. I hardly ever – weirdly – wear it, but I love the colour pink.
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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 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 used to be obsessed with Pearl Jam, but I love having pink hair and kind of looking like a Barbie.
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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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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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Apparently I’m introspective, levelheaded, but at the same time, absolutely insane.
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I like being by the ocean.
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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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What people don’t understand is that how you are as an artist depends on how you are emotionally.
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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 guess I started running when I was about 18 and… I feel like it assists my creativity a bit because it completely just flushes everything out.
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I still love the skinny jeans thing and I wear my favorite leather jacket constantly. I like being kind of a rock star. I love that I can feel comfortable in a small dress or I can feel comfortable wearing a baggy T-shirt.
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It’s so important to take vitamins. People always get ill on tour because of the close proximity in the bus with everyone.
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I think I’d like to be best friends with Björk, because I’d like to pick her brain a lot all the time and just have weird times together.
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I’m a bit of a like girly-girl, really, I like flowery stuff.
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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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One of the most powerful feelings in the world is after a really, really long run.
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I believe that when you have fans, they invest in you not just as a singer but as a person as well. It’s not enough to just have good songs and a good voice.
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I was quite a weird kid because I didn’t like getting presents. I don’t know why. I just went for books all the time.
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I’ve never wanted to be a star, I never wanted to be a famous person or anything like that, and I think my fans know that as well.
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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 want to be safe in the knowledge that I can tour and play festivals for a long time. The main thing is that I want a good reputation as a live performer. If I have that, I’d be so happy.
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I could always sing, from a really young age, but my voice was really weird. I used to make my mum turn up the radio every day in our house. She was well into music so I got that from her.
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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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