Dido Armstrong Quotes

United Kingdom, Singer-Songwriter
December 25, 1971

Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong, known as Dido (/ˈdaɪdoʊ/, born 25 December 1971), is an English singer and songwriter. Dido attained international success with her debut album No Angel (1999). It sold over 21 million copies worldwide, and won several awards, including the MTV Europe Music Award for Best New Act, two NRJ Awards for Best New Act and Best Album, and two Brit Awards for Best British Female and Best Album. Her next album, Life for Rent (2003), continued her success with the hit singles "White Flag" and "Life for Rent". In 2004 Dido performed with other British and Irish artists in the Band Aid 20 version of the song "Do They Know It's Christmas?".

It's actually amazing because you go so far into another side of your brain when you're studying something completely different, and I loved it.

Dido Armstrong
- Different
- Amazing
- Brain
I really enjoy being single again. I spent a lot of time in a relationship and the nearer we came to the end, the more difficult it got. You don't see things clearly as long as you're still involved.

Dido Armstrong
- Time
- Long
- Relationship

In fact, I'd just like to own something. Everyone thinks I'm glamorous, rich and famous but all I've got is some recording equipment and a battered old BMW.

Dido Armstrong
- Famous
I feel very warm towards Mum and Dad for giving us the independence they did. My childhood, and the fact we didn't have a TV, gave me a boundless imagination.

Dido Armstrong
- Giving
- Dad
- Imagination
It's great to go on your own and discover new things just for yourself, to meet new people and all that. If you're all on your own, then there is nobody there to guide you and you have to make all the decisions for yourself. It's quite liberating in a way.

Dido Armstrong
- People
- Great
I spent a lot of my childhood in my own head, making up stories. I didn't have a lot of outside influences, so I was able to make my own decisions about what I wanted to do.

Dido Armstrong
- Up
- Childhood
I went to study some orchestration stuff because I got so inspired working with all the orchestras.

Dido Armstrong
- Study
- Inspired
I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own.

Dido Armstrong
- Strong
- Independent

I'm too much of a control freak.

Dido Armstrong
- Control
Life for rent means that my life isn't really my own, I only rented it for a while, but if I don't manage to buy it, to own it, then nothing of what I think is mine is really mine.

Dido Armstrong
- Life
The older you get, the more you realize you're drifting toward a direction, and sometimes your significant other drifts into an opposite direction. You can't blame anybody for it.

Dido Armstrong
Looking back, I think that's why I did music. I'd get home from school and the house would be so quiet.

Dido Armstrong
- Music
- School
- Why
It's great to just disappear, grab a suitcase, switch the answering machine on and just go somewhere else.

Dido Armstrong
- Great
I write about the things I feel strongly about.

Dido Armstrong

My dad's Irish music was such a huge influence.

Dido Armstrong
- Music
- Dad
- Irish
Thirty is not an age for a woman anymore.

Dido Armstrong
- Age
I always want to bring emotion across in a straightforward way. I don't want to get histrionic when I'm singing. For me that's just not interesting; it goes too far down one road.

Dido Armstrong
- Interesting
- Singing
- Road