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" Having a successful first album is one thing, but a successful third is another. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
First
One Thing
Successful
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" I do find it a bit disconcerting when your name becomes a brand. "
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" I started my music career at 18 and for a long while I let other people handle my affairs. "
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" I'm all for consumer rights. I get very aggravated if I don't get a good service. "
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" I'm always sticking up for other people. "
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" I learned to stand up for myself at school where I was never too popular. "
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" In terms of clothes, everything is on the same level for me. If I like it, it doesn't matter if it cost £200 or £2. "
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" I'm too frightened of confrontation, so I will always tip - even if the service has been really shoddy. "
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" There are a lot of people out there who lie about their age and I think it does us all a disservice. It can't all be over when you hit 30. That would be rubbish. "
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" Also, I think women really come into their own in their 30s. "
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" It's hard to feel comfortable in your own skin when you're younger. "
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Skin
" A good song is a good song whatever your age. "
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" You learn that, when your children are all right, everything is right in the world. "
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Learn
" Everybody remembers Robbie Williams said I had a face like a satellite dish. "
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Face
Said
" Philately is normally a boys' hobby but for some reason it was in vogue at my junior school. Between the ages of eight and ten I collected avidly. I'd pore over my Stanley Gibbons book, obsessively checking my collection's value. I always hoped I'd stumble across a really valuable one, a Penny Black or an Inverted Jenny, but it wasn't to be. "
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Value
Black
Penny
" I tasted huge success with my first album, and when it's happening it feels like a roller coaster you can't get off. You should be very careful about wishing for success on that scale. "
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Roller Coaster
You
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" I've got quite a curvy shape so I try to wear stuff that's tailored. "
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Curvy
Try
Got
" A lot of what inspired many musicians is celebrating differences, and people relate to that - more people feel like the unpopular, freaky one than the one in the in-crowd. "
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Differences
Feel
Musicians
" I had my autograph down by the age of 13. I used to sign it everywhere. "
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Sign
Had
Down
" I'm big in Russia, but no one's quite sure why. "
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Why
Sure
Big
" I wrote the worst novel ever. "
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Novel
Worst
Wrote
" I like the influence of the macabre, but I don't believe in ghosts. "
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Ghosts
Believe
Like
" I try not to wear anything I have to fidget with - there's nothing worse than wearing something and pulling down the hem and re-adjusting the top. My pet hate is when girls wear those strapless dresses and spend the whole night yanking them up. "
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" I've been DJing a little bit, so you get used to the fact that music sounds brilliant when it's loud. "
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" I never manage to get to bed early on Sunday night but this doesn't matter, as I don't know one level of exhaustion from another. "
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" 'The X Factor' is great entertainment, but it doesn't prepare people for getting chewed up and spat out by the music industry. "
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" You need to have a life outside your career. "
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" I'm a sucker for sad disco pop. "
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" I don't think that old-fashioned idea of record companies exists any more. "
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Record
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