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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.

Ellie Goulding

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.
ELLIE GOULDING

Best Friendship Myself Thinking Time Togetherness Weird
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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Call Music Myself Sound
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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Build Myself Realization Time
You get to a certain age and you can’t judge yourself on your dad or your parents.
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Age Father Judgement Parents Yourself
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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Famous Fans Myself Person Stardom Thinking
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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Children Curiosity Encouragement Mom Myself Person Raise
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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Believe Fans Goodness Investment Myself Voice
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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Goodness Job Myself Quite Sing Writing
Now, if some panic hits me, you have to sort of be friends with your body, it’s like your body will work against you.
ELLIE GOULDING

Body Friendship Work Yourself
It took time to really build myself a reputation as a good live performer, a musician and an artist.
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Artist Live Music Myself Performance Reputation Time
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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Home Love Myself Portrait Print Reminder
I think, it is a challenge to get critics or whoever to see past what you wear and makeup and the way you look and just concentrate on the music.
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Challenge Criticism Music Weakness Yourself
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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Myself Rare Realization Writing
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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Book Children Myself Present Quite Time
You never know what to expect. You don’t just walk on and expect an amazing reaction.
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Amazing Expectation Flow Life Reaction Walk Yourself
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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Appearance Face Hairs Happiness Myself

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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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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