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" I didn't feel so great when I was a teenager, but who does? "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Teenager
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Great
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" I get really frustrated if people don't smile. "
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" In terms of influence, my style icons have been a mixture of Julie Andrews and Olivia Newton-John. When I was little I used to watch 'Grease,' 'Mary Poppins' and 'The Sound of Music' a lot. If you put all those things together you do kind of get my outfits. A slightly tarty nanny in a second-hand outfit. That is pretty much what I wear. "
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" When it comes to my family I never quite know how protective I have to be, or what I should or shouldn't say. "
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