Charli XCX Quotes
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I'm not interested in the idea of celebrity.
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I was 15 when I started making music properly.
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I was in the playground, like, 'Let's imitate the Spice Girls and form a girl group!' I would go home and sing into my hairbrush and act like Britney Spears. I was no Mozart.
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The fashion of the '90s is a massive inspiration to me. My favorite video of all time is 'Say You'll Be There' by the Spice Girls. That's the best styling ever. If I could dress like that every day, I would.
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My philosophy is to treat people how you want to be treated.
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In the '90s, there was always this continuous pitting of women against each other in the media, trying to make them battle it out.
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My voice is different, but I don't think I'm the only one with a different take on pop music.
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I love karaoke and totally hog the mic when I go out and do it with my friends.
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I'm not good at dressing up fancy; I always just do my thing, which is whatever I'm in the mood for.
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My one thing is respect. I don't care about anything else. You should respect everyone around you - the people who work for you, peers. Be classy.
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When I got signed, I had just turned 16. I felt like I had to continuously have these confrontations with older men who were doubting my ideas because I was a woman, because I was 16.
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Whether I'm writing for myself or someone else, I'll always write a song that I would feel comfortable singing.
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I'm not good at being a picture-perfect pop star, happy all the time. If I'm having a bad day, I can't pretend. I'm always a bit unhappy, but that's just me. I like dwelling in my sadness.
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'90s fashion is awesome. Best of both worlds - you had power pop, like the Spice Girls and Shampoo. But then you had Nirvana and Hole. And you also had '90s dance music like N-Trance, who kind of blended both.
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When I first started, I wasn't really aware of anything in the industry or aware of who I really was. I just put my music out there and tried to get as many people to hear it as possible. I hadn't really thought about the kind of music I wanted to make.
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I loved Justice and Uffie and everyone signed to the label Ed Banger. They were really influential to me when first started making music.
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I'm not super easy to talk to a lot of the time. I'm just kind of weird.
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I've passed up on many a thing that could have made me a big artist or something. Like, I was offered a feature on a Christina Aguilera song and I turned it down. It just wasn't right. She's cool, but it just wasn't right.
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I love the Nineties because more than any other period of time, there was such an eclectic mix of styles going on. More so than in the Sixties and Seventies, when there was an overriding look and sound.
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I definitely went through a phase where I wanted to be a fashion designer when I was younger... But I certainly wasn't very good at it.
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I really want to work with Chris Martin. I think he's a genius.
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I feel like, throughout 'True Romance,' I was unsure of myself in terms of songwriting. Even though it was my voice, I feel there were a lot of other voices on that record, too.
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The scenes in 'The Virgin Suicides' where Elle Fanning is ice skating are really amazing.
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Being nice is awesome. You have more fun; you meet more people.