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" I love shopping. I don't go on crazy 'I'm going shopping' sprees; I shop as I go along. "
Eliza Doolittle
Love
Crazy
Going
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" Fashion changes. Everyone in fashion changes. I think it's important to change it up and reinvent yourself every now and again. "
Eliza Doolittle
Now
Change
Think
" I've featured in some soundtracks in the past, and I would love to do more. I love great soundtracks to movies. Quentin Tarantino always picks amazing soundtracks, so I would like to do something for him or write a song for him. "
Eliza Doolittle
Song
Amazing
Great
" I tend to write at the piano, but usually the melody and lyrics come first. Like, I'll be in the shower, and I'll start singing, and the melody and the lyric will just come out. Then I'll quickly try to finish the shower, try to remember it, record it on my phone and save it for the studio. "
Eliza Doolittle
Remember
Start
Phone
" I want to write songs people can sing along to. I can think of nothing more exciting than travelling the world and playing to audiences and having them sing your words along with you. "
Eliza Doolittle
World
Words
You
" Constantly travelling means I don't always get to eat well - so it's probably a good idea for me to do some exercise. "
Eliza Doolittle
Well
Me
Always
" My mum taught me that bodies are bodies, and they come in all shapes and sizes - we should be free about that. My legs are a bit dangly, and my knees point inwards. Everyone has insecurities, but I try not to focus on them. It's important to be confident with what you've got. "
Eliza Doolittle
Me
Free
Focus
" My friends will be like, 'That bloke was chatting you up', and I'll go, 'What?' I'm so oblivious - I don't notice things like that. "
Eliza Doolittle
Things
Like
Go
" I have always been a Peter Blake fan and love street art and graffiti. I really like this street-art collective called Faile. They're from Brooklyn and make these prints of beautiful women. "
Eliza Doolittle
Women
Art
Beautiful
" I'm really into laces; I always accessorize with shoe laces whether I wear them as a belt, or attached to my shorts or in my hair or as a bracelet. "
Eliza Doolittle
Hair
Bracelet
Shoe
" When I first played live, I would shake with fear, and my voice would tremble. But I do it for the love of it. There's nothing I love more than playing live. "
Eliza Doolittle
Voice
More
Love
" You don't sell as many records as you used to because of illegal downloads, but I think there are other ways you can make money through your music. Whether it's through merchandise or teaming up with other companies or brands or whatever, there are ways. "
Eliza Doolittle
Money
Music
You
" I think I'm generally an upbeat person. Obviously I can get moody, but my whole philosophy is to try and have a good time. "
Eliza Doolittle
Time
Think
Good
" I don't really go out partying, but I'm definitely a social butterfly. "
Eliza Doolittle
Go
Butterfly
Partying
" I did try theatre out when I was little. I did roles as a child actress. My parents didn't push me into it. But I was up for it. I didn't enjoy doing eight shows a week, though. That repetitiveness didn't appeal to me. I love doing something different every day and travelling. You can't do that in the theatre. "
Eliza Doolittle
Child
Theatre
Parents
" I'm reading Sebastian Faulks's 'Birdsong' at the moment. I read it when I was younger but decided to re-read it, as I remembered really liking it at the time. "
Eliza Doolittle
Reading
Remembered
Time
" Eliza was my first name for two reasons. My dad was reading 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' which features the maid Eliza in it, when I was born. Then there was Eliza Doolittle from 'My Fair Lady' and 'Pygmalion.' My mum always loved the name, and I got called Eliza Doolittle a lot, so it stuck, basically. "
Eliza Doolittle
Reading
Uncle
Born
" There are lots of people whose style I admire, although I'd never dress like them. Chloe Sevigny is probably the most stylish woman ever, and Lady Gaga is amazing - it's fun to watch what she's going to wear next. "
Eliza Doolittle
Woman
People
Dress
" Doing gigs is great, but when you come together for a production in the theatre, that is something I have a lot of respect for. "
Eliza Doolittle
Great
Together
Respect
" The Beatles and Ray Charles were in the same charts together, and that was just called pop music - it wasn't called soul or rock. The best pop music just stands out as something that's just original, and I think it should all be called pop again. "
Eliza Doolittle
Best
Soul
Think
" I'm a very visually motivated person. Music is always going to be the thing I'm most motivated by, but music and visuals go hand in hand. "
Eliza Doolittle
Go
Always
Going
" I think my parents did want me to go to university just in case, but neither my mum or dad went to uni, so they couldn't talk. "
Eliza Doolittle
Want
Talk
Me
" I think that everyone in this world should be confident in who they are and believe in themselves no matter what. "
Eliza Doolittle
Matter
Believe
Confident
" When I was really little, I wanted to be a taxi driver or a bus driver; I loved the fact that I could play my own music when I wanted. But I can't imagine actually doing that now; I think I'd get bored. "
Eliza Doolittle
Doing
Play
My Own
" I really don't think plastic surgery is a good idea. People who've had it done don't look younger or better, they just look like they've had plastic surgery. "
Eliza Doolittle
Done
Good
Look
" Every time I get photographed, it's the legs. So I've insured them for a lot, for £5 million each. Is that enough? "
Eliza Doolittle
Time
Get
Enough
" I always loved singing. I was always trying to sing in school plays. I was in every one I could be in. "
Eliza Doolittle
Singing
Loved
Always
" Whenever people used to ask me what I wanted to be when I was older, I would always say that I wanted to be a singer. When I was 12, I decided I would do something about it, so I started writing songs. "
Eliza Doolittle
People
Always
Say
" I love' Les Mis,' and I owe it a lot, because I wouldn't have been born without it. "
Eliza Doolittle
Because
Been
Born
" I wasn't into sports when I was younger. I was one of those kids who always tried to get a note from the doctor to say I had a cold so I didn't have to go play hockey in bad weather and be miserable. "
Eliza Doolittle
Sports
Weather
Hockey
" Lots of people, from what I can see, just want to get into the music business for the glamour of it. But there isn't any, really. It's so up and down this industry, but if you really love it, nothing can stop you. "
Eliza Doolittle
Stop
People
Music