Charli XCX Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I got a New York designer to build my dream store here, which is a little bit of Florence in New York. It's like the Duomo on Madison. I got inspired by Santa Maria Novella and all the Renaissance architecture.
-
Scratch a Yale man with both hands and you'll be lucky to find a coast-guard. Usually you find nothing at all.
-
I was publishing when I was 20, 21. And it really never stopped.
-
I think my numbers speak for themselves.
-
I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.
-
Tone can be as important as text.
-
'Mad' is a term we use to describe a man who is obsessed with one idea and nothing else.
-
The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
-
Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
-
I have now exactly the same weight I had when I was 18, 20.
-
It's unacceptable to just sit on the couch and say I'm not doing anything. You've got to get out and do everything you can.
-
We need a commander in chief that speaks the truth. We will not defeat radical Islamic terrorism so long as we have a president unwilling to utter the words 'radical Islamic terrorism'.
-
We love playing music but we're too weird to play music.
-
I don't drink tea or coffee. I'm like a child: I like fruit juices and sodas and creamy hot chocolate.
-
My first acting job was a Breck commercial.
-
The song 'Innocent' is a song that I wrote about something that really, really emotionally impacted me.
-
My whole life is a theater piece.
-
My life has become a reality show. When I am home, people are climbing trees with cameras. I feel that my personal space is being encroached upon. I will try and protect it as much as I can.
-
Great actors help. Every project is different. Sometimes it's completely open, and I've been able to cast who I've wanted. And then sometimes people want a certain kind of actor.
-
There is something to be said for the power of figureheads. After Hillary Clinton became secretary of state, a record number of countries posted female ambassadors to the U.S. - some of whom have dubbed this 'the Hillary effect.'
-
I was well acquainted with the Calcutta literary circle since I was 17, when I lived in Bangladesh and published and edited a little magazine called 'Sejuti,' for which young poets from both Bengals wrote. If you look at my life, there is no question of using anyone for anything. I have only got banned, blacklisted and banished.
-
No movie influenced me more to go after my dreams than 'Flashdance.' After seeing it, I took 15 dance lessons a week. I cut all my sweatshirts. I did the 'Maniac' thing.
-
My family is average. I didn't have a crazy life as a kid.
