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" 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. "

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

Roller Coaster

You

Success

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Always

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Time

" Now when I say Sophie Ellis-Bextor I feel that's not really me because that's become this entity from doing the gigs and the shows and the make-up contracts and whatever else. "

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Now

Say

" There's so many singers, you watch them and a lot of it is waving around. You don't get this feeling that they're really thinking about what they're saying. "

" Dance music is great, but it's not a time to be reflective or particularly wistful. "

" That's part of the reason I called the album 'Shoot From The Hip.' I did feel it was time to open up more. "

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Open

Feel

" 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. "

" I'd never really thought about it before, but now you ask I can see that how my parents handled money definitely affected my relationship with it. "

" Come rain or shine I walk short distances rather than taking my car. "

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" I must confess I knew very little about the trance scene, I'm more house and commercial dance but it was really interesting and different. "

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House

Little

" I love getting dressed up. Being a pop star is the most brilliant job for that. A lot of girls love shopping, but they might see the most amazing outfit and think, 'When am I going to wear that?', so it's my duty to exploit the fact I do have events I can wear these things to. "

" A good song is a good song whatever your age. "

" I would love to record something with PJ Harvey or Alison Goldfrapp. "

" I had my autograph down by the age of 13. I used to sign it everywhere. "

" Yeah, I'm not really a morning person. "

" I'm too frightened of confrontation, so I will always tip - even if the service has been really shoddy. "

" But I don't like working on lyrics publicly in the studio - I prefer to take them away and work on them in my bedroom. "

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Working

Away

" I'm big in Russia, but no one's quite sure why. "

" I've been DJing a little bit, so you get used to the fact that music sounds brilliant when it's loud. "

" Writing songs about fancying people in dance clubs is all very well but it's not the be-all and end-all. There are other topics. "

" Some people are really good at packaging themselves, but that's not really me. "

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

People

Good

" I can definitely tell when mum has got money because then she likes to go shopping to spend it, whereas dad is steadier and avoids splurges. I like to think I've inherited both sides. "

" I didn't feel so great when I was a teenager, but who does? "

" I've got quite a curvy shape so I try to wear stuff that's tailored. "