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.
ELLIE GOULDINGNot 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.
More Ellie Goulding Quotes
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I’ve just become quite fixated on the idea of calmness and peacefulness somewhere, someday.
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I would never create an image for myself; I’m not that clever.
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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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My soul is to sell. The dark is too hard to beat ’cause they’re calling me.
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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 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 take inspiration from everything around me, also relationships and friends. And the inside of my crazy head.
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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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You can be the happiest you can be in a relationship but can have an urge to be with someone else. I know a lot of people that it has happened to.
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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.
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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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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 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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You get to a certain age and you can’t judge yourself on your dad or your parents.
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I like being by the ocean.
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I feel more confident if my makeup looks good.
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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 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 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’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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Something funny always happens in every show in the UK and I genuinely love touring the UK because it’s where I’m from. I just get a warm feeling when I’m home.
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I’m a bit of a like girly-girl, really, I like flowery stuff.
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I still don’t know if I can write songs. I don’t think anyone ever knows if they can write songs.
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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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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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