Charli XCX Quotes
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My dream collaboration would be with someone like Bjork, Kate Bush, or even Dionne Warwick.
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I want to share the experiences I've had.
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I'm a really big Rihanna fan, and I think she's such an incredible artist.
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Being nice is awesome. You have more fun; you meet more people.
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If you're in control of everything, then no matter what it is, you can make that feminine.
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A sold-out crowd is better than a number one. But being in the studio is better than all of that.
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I'm lucky I have really cool parents.
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I've wanted to write good pop music, beautiful pop music - not just throwaways. I've always wanted to make it sound luscious and beautiful and cinematic.
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Pop music is getting so emo. It's great. Emotional girl for life. I see myself in the centre of that.
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I never dress for the occasion correctly because I hate fashion rules. They're so boring.
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To me, 'X Factor' is like Vegas. Fake, twisted, but kind of wonderful. Maybe I'm sick, but I find the whole thing quite funny sometimes.
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From the moment I stepped into this industry, I've always had to fight for my ideas and for my voice to be heard.
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Making my first record, I was really inspired by all the color palettes Sofia Coppola has in her films.
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I feel like I can be six different people in one day sometimes. Which is fun but also really strange in my own brain.
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I make pop music, but I do it on my own terms. I'll never play the game, so to speak, just for success. I'll always follow my heart and make the music I want to make.
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I was never the cool kid in school, and loads of people told me that I was weird, that I dressed uncool and did uncool things, that I was too nice, too happy.
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I just feel like the songs I write lend themselves to this girl-power feeling, and those are the artists that I looked up to when I was younger.
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I've heard people say to me, 'How can you claim to be a feminist when you dress like that?' I wear a lot of slip dresses and nightwear and stuff. People always question my credibility because of that: 'Oh, are you selling sex? Are you doing this or that to be recognized more or to sell your music?' No, it's just a fashion thing for me.
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I don't want to sell my soul or anything, but to go on a huge tour would be next level.
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I'm inspired by artists like Robyn, just because she writes amazing pop songs, and they're not throwaway. When I listen to a Robyn pop song, I don't feel like she's just kind of saying something and not thinking; I feel like it's really emotional.
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I know how to win people over if things aren't going my way.
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'True Romance' was definitely, in part, still me finding my voice as a writer. I was nervous, and I was a lot more shy. The album sounds bruised.
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I like working really fast. The best ideas are the first ones that come into your head - so why bother thinking of any more?
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I think it's awesome when a woman is in control of everything she's doing, especially in an industry like this where people think that doesn't happen often, but it really does - well, from my knowledge and how I manage my own project.