Charli XCX Quotes
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I am very spontaneous when I write; it kind of just comes out. I never think about what I'm going to write about first... it just sort of comes out like word vomit.
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I'm very scruffy and messy in the way that I am and always have been.
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I wrote a song for Icona Pop which boosted my confidence quite a lot.
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When I was younger, I was a rave kid trapped inside a singer/songwriter's body. But I kind of figured my way out because I started making these really terrible beats on this Yamaha keyboard that my parents got me for my 10th birthday.
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I made video art for quite a long time, and I made this video covering myself in burgers and dancing to Major Lazer and doing covers of Britney Spears songs... I can't remember how I got there, but my teacher said he'd have to fail me because it had mild nudity.
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I'm just not very good at being happy all the time.
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I feel like the U.K. is a better breeding ground for pop, partially because the radio play is more broad and open to new ideas and sounds.
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I'm very selfish in that I make music for myself, not for other people; I kind of only think about other people afterwards when it's out.
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I've always said that if I couldn't be myself, first I'd want to be Eminem and then a Disney kid.
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There are some signs that can indicate she might be interested. Woman might do subconscious things like play with their hair or orient their body towards your direction.
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I never set out to be a cult cool artist. I always made music that I thought was pop.
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I'm going to build an empire. I'm always writing for someone else. I want to be someone who has her fingerprints all over the pop charts.
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My real friends are definitely the people I grew up with - the people who don't care about my music career at all.
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Fashion is instant. It makes you feel something the second you see it on a body... whether you love it or hate it, or it offends you, or it makes you laugh or cry.
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I like befriending my collaborators because I'd rather make music with people I like than people I pretend to like.
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I always see colors when I listen to music. It's difficult to explain, but when I hear the music, I think about gold, blood rushing... I like to keep it really warm and glittery.
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I really love Grimes, Niki & the Dove, stuff like that.
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My family is average. I didn't have a crazy life as a kid.
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I used to worry about being cool. Now I realize that I genuinely don't care.
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I'd love to work with Cher Lloyd; that would be my dream person to work with.
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I've never conformed to what my record label has said and, yes, that has meant that it's been a long journey for me.
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When I was younger, I was quite scared of a red lip. But I started listening to '60s French ye-ye pop when I was making 'Sucker.' I was looking at Brigitte Bardot and those kinds of girls. When they were dressed up, it was often a bold red lip.
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I believe I deserve everything that could maybe happen. And I don't think that's a cocky thing to say because I've worked really hard, and I've never bitten the hand that fed me, and I've always been really respectful.
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Just be funny. Funny always goes over well, so try to think of something funny to break the ice rather than being weird or using pickup lines.