Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" I learned to stand up for myself at school where I was never too popular. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Myself
Never
Stand Up
Related Quotes:
" That's part of the reason I called the album 'Shoot From The Hip.' I did feel it was time to open up more. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
More
Open
Feel
" The fact that my mother was on television every week while I was young was occasionally awkward, and often frustrating. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Young
Awkward
Mother
" Like my mum, I sometimes buy things I shouldn't and fill my house with rubbish. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Sometimes
Buy
House
" I'm big in Russia, but no one's quite sure why. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Why
Sure
Big
" I would love to record something with PJ Harvey or Alison Goldfrapp. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Would
Something
Record
" I don't want to sound like an old grandmother but actually it's quite nice when you get up early and then, by the time it gets to 10am, you're quite perky and already quite switched on. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Early
Grandmother
You
" Dance music is great, but it's not a time to be reflective or particularly wistful. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Dance
Dance Music
Music
" For every person that says I'm the new Audrey Hepburn, someone else says that I look like an alien. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Alien
Someone
Person
" I'm really interested in fashion but at the same time I find it quite competitive. Second-hand stuff leaves you more open to whatever your own personal style is rather than feeling dictated to by shops. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
You
Style
Feeling
" I used to be hung up on my figure, but it's a waste of time. I don't believe in diets. Have four pints one night, be healthy the next. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Night
Up
Time
" When it comes to my family I never quite know how protective I have to be, or what I should or shouldn't say. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Know
Say
Protective
" I had my autograph down by the age of 13. I used to sign it everywhere. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Sign
Had
Down
" I don't think anyone doubts my motives, really. I do what I do and it's not very complicated. Of course, you might hate the music that I make, but I don't think people feel threatened by me just getting on with what I'm up to. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
People
Hate
Me
" I'm all for consumer rights. I get very aggravated if I don't get a good service. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Rights
Good
Get
" My parents separated when I was four. It wasn't the smoothest of divorces, but then as my mother always says, you can't have a passionate marriage without a passionate divorce. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Mother
Divorce
Marriage
" Yes, being educated is definitely an advantage. But having said that, I've met so many people in life who haven't done very well at school but who are still really bright. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Bright
School
People
" Getting up to dance to your own stuff looks pretty pretentious. And leaving the dancefloor when it comes on is just awkward. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Pretty
Own
Looks
" Everybody remembers Robbie Williams said I had a face like a satellite dish. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Everybody
Face
Said
" 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. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Everything
Clothes
Like
" I've been DJing a little bit, so you get used to the fact that music sounds brilliant when it's loud. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Music
Loud
Fact
" I'm happy that I have a look, but I don't over-analyse whether or not it's beautiful or ugly. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Ugly
Beautiful
Happy
" My little boy Sonny makes me laugh all the time. He has good comedic timing. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Good
Boy
Laugh
" 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. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Over
Lie
Age
" I'm a sucker for sad disco pop. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Disco
Pop
Sucker
" There are a lots of clowns in our family - our house is a fun house. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Clowns
Family
Fun
" Come rain or shine I walk short distances rather than taking my car. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Car
Walk
Short
" I wrote the worst novel ever. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Novel
Worst
Wrote
" I didn't feel so great when I was a teenager, but who does? "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Teenager
Who
Great
" 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. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Differences
Feel
Musicians
" I think there's quite a lot of cowardice in music. I don't mind if it goes wrong, I just want to go for it. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Mind
Think
Music