Charli XCX Quotes
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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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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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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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One time, I gave Chris Martin a My Little Pony for good luck. He said, 'Oh, you should keep it,' but I was like, 'You guys probably need it a lot more than I do.' I said that to Coldplay!
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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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If you're in control of everything, then no matter what it is, you can make that feminine.
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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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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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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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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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I feel like I'm a pop star without being a diva.
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My dad always used to encourage me to dress weird.
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I spent a lot of my teenage years experimenting with who I was as a person and not really getting it right. And then, I think, I realized that I just had to chill out in life.
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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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Anyone that thinks 'pop' is a dirty word is living in the '90s.
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I love In-N-Out!
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I think that U.K. audiences, in general, are very closed off. Very judgmental.
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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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Most of my favorite artists are strong females.
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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 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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I've always played it my way. I failed media training, for example.
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If I can sing along to it, it's pop music.