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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 Goulding

I take inspiration from everything around me, also relationships and friends. And the inside of my crazy head.
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Crazy Friendship Inspirational Myself Relationship
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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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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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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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 wrote a lot of poetry that was based on stories of the sea and I was really inspired by that.
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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 guess I’m just quite observant and I pay attention to a lot of things. Human behavior really fascinates me.
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Apparently I’m introspective, levelheaded, but at the same time, absolutely insane.
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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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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 like being by the ocean.
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Not much shocked me. You know, I worked in a home for Alzheimer’s patients and my dad used to be really into murders and stuff, so I saw dead bodies. It desensitised me to a lot of things.
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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 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 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’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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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 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 would never create an image for myself; I’m not that clever.
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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 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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How long will I love you? As long as stars are above you, And longer if I may.
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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 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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You get to a certain age and you can’t judge yourself on your dad or your parents.
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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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Even when I’m in quite a happy state of mind, I like writing really sad songs. I think a lot of people do.

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