Charli XCX Quotes
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Being nice is awesome. You have more fun; you meet more people.
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I really just want to change the way women think about themselves. A lot of young girls are quite lost.
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If I'm really honest, I can't cook. I'm, like, the worst, worst, worst cook in the world.
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I hate the idea of people thinking that I'm just a little girl who goes into studios with pop producers, and they work their magic.
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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 my music, whether it's sung by other people or sung by myself, to affect the way the Top 40 radio sounds. I want to heavily influence it with things that have come directly from my brain.
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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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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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Obviously, my label would want me to be on the radio all the time, but that's not my personal goal.
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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 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 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 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'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 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 know how to win people over if things aren't going my way.
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I want to share the experiences I've had.
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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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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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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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There are days where I can go into a room full of people, talk to every single person, and feel completely at ease, and feel like making every single person laugh, and feel like everyone's having a great time. There are other times where I go into a room of people, and I literally want to run and hide.
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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'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 think it's cool to be a rock star; I don't think there are many. There aren't many who speak out and take risks. And I think that's important.