Ellie Goulding Quotes
I was super brainy and a proper geek at school, but there would always be a boy. But that sort of obsession did turn me into a songwriter. My writing has always come from that feeling of infatuation.
The only day I remember of my parents' marriage was the day my dad walked out. As I stood there at five years old, with my older sister and younger brother, I knew that he was gone.
I start really missing London when I go away. I have a little flat, but very central. I live above a pub and you'd think it'd be a nightmare, but I like hearing the music and it's quite comforting.
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.
I've always said that Adele has turned so many people on to British singers - whether female singers or just like music from this country in general.
Men are wary of me because they know, by listening to my music, that a relationship with me will be quite deep.
I played recorder in assembly, then I became passionate about the guitar, I don't know why. I started on electric then moved to acoustic - my brother was playing bass in the next room.
America saw me as a projection of me that I always wanted. Thats why I love going to America so much. I feel like I started off in America exactly how I wanted to start everywhere.
My fancy dress costume of choice is... something 1920s or 30s, when there was still so much elegance and attention to detail. An excuse for ultimate dressing-up indulgence.
I find male singers and what they sing about fascinating. It makes me realize how little we know about ourselves and how little I know about myself. It's interesting to see the male perspective.
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.
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.
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.
Lauryn Hill is quite political and is very bold and isn't afraid of wearing her heart on her sleeve, and same with Bjork, except she is a little bit more kind of fragile.
I'd call what I do pop music, but it's folky and electronic and it doesn't really sound like much else.
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.
I love designer stuff but like it will only be like, on a whim. I love Alexander Wang so much, but it's expensive.
I wish I could have hung out with Patti Smith in the seventies, and also have some crazy times.
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.
My hairdresser in the U.K., Adam Reed, has his own line, Percy and Reed, and it's really good. And I use Moroccan Oil and Kerastase as well.
You never know what to expect. You don't just walk on and expect an amazing reaction.
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.
When I heard Bjork's debut, that was when I first realized that I could be a singer, even with my unusual voice.
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.
I'd like a male to listen to my music and find it kind of fascinating, what a girl goes through when they get heartbroken or get sad or get hurt by something.
I am so scared of what will kill me in the end for I am not prepared, I hope i'll get the chance to be someone, to be human, look what we've done