Charli XCX Quotes
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It's kind of weird talking about yourself all the time.
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Females should stand by each other, especially in an industry which seems to try so hard to pin us up against each other and make us fight. It's not about that for me. I refuse to be sucked into a twisted world of insecurity and lose who I am.
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Just because I might be bored doesn't mean I have to look boring. I'd rather look fabulous, like I'm having a great time.
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Sometimes I feel like I was born in the wrong year - I think it would have been cool to be alive in the '60s.
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I've actually done a cover of 'Train in Vain' by The Clash with Viv Albertine - which was originally written about her.
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One thing I don't understand is how people want you to replicate your past successes. Being an artist should be about freedom and not just becoming one thing, because I think that's terrible and boring.
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You should respect the people you are around.
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When you're growing up, I think there's this idea that the coolest people are the ones who are really rude and feverish. But I've come to realize that isn't cool.
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My dad always used to encourage me to dress weird.
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I'll listen to 3 artists on repeat for more than a month.
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Obviously, getting a number in the charts is a nice thing but the cherry on the cake rather than the main cake.
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I think that U.K. audiences, in general, are very closed off. Very judgmental.
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In the same way that musicians inspire me, artists and photographers like David LaChapelle influence me with their visuals. A photographer like LaChapelle creates an entirely new and unique visual for their work, and that's what I'd like to do with the Charli XCX world as well.
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To be honest, for me, my main workout is when I'm on stage. Even though I make pop music, I don't think I perform in the classic 'pop star' sort of way. I'm very active on stage; I always end up dripping in sweat afterwards. It's always like a full-on, wild performance, so that's pretty much like my exercise, I would say.
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I always think about fashion when it comes to making music and music videos... what the colours will look like, what the material will be, how will it work with the sound of the music.
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I see music in colours. I love music that's black, pink, purple or red - but I hate music that's green, yellow or brown.
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I love In-N-Out!
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I feel like I'm a pop star without being a diva.
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I think the best artists are the ones who constantly change - Madonna, Bowie.
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I've always wanted to write pop music. I never wanted to be cool or make a hipster record.
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Most of my favorite artists are strong females.
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I know when I've written a good song when I can imagine the video. If I can't imagine the video straight away, I'm not gonna put it on my album.
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Anyone that thinks 'pop' is a dirty word is living in the '90s.
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On my first album, I felt like, if it was going to be turned into a movie, it would have been directed by Sofia Coppola. She creates this kind of pastel-colored palette that's very whimsical but also very stagnant. And that's really how I heard the record.