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" Now, if some panic hits me, you have to sort of be friends with your body, it's like your body will work against you. "
Ellie Goulding
Now
Me
Body
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" My fancy dress costume of choice is... something 1920s or 30s, when there was still so much elegance and attention to detail. An excuse for ultimate dressing-up indulgence. "
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" I think all the covers I do have nice sentiments, particularly 'Your Song.' People write me very sweet messages about that song, though I'm sure there are people out there saying that I've ruined it too! "
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" I maintain that when I finally retire from my career in music, I will go and live back in Wales - when I am an old person, if I live to be an old person. The water I miss, and the air, there's something different about it. And I miss the simple life. "
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" On stage I have to be comfortable because I play guitar so I can't wear too much jewellery, it knocks against the guitar and makes loud noises. I had this big gold eagle necklace which I love but I kept whacking myself in the face with it so had to stop wearing it. I wear things that I can sweat in, basically... it gets really hot on stage. "
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" What people don't understand is that how you are as an artist depends on how you are emotionally. "
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" Because I've always been a runner I love to feel that my body is shining on the inside. I wear baggy clothes, so it's not as though I like showing it off. I just like to know I'm great on the inside. "
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" Even when I'm in quite a happy state of mind, I like writing really sad songs. I think a lot of people do. "
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" I got a random tattoo the other day. It's a red triangle, which makes everyone think I'm arty, which I'm not. I used to draw red triangles all the time. It must mean something - maybe I don't know it yet. But I'll figure it out. "
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" When I sing along with Britney Spears I will sing in an American accent. But eventually I found my own voice. My songs are so brutally honest, it would be alien to sing in any accent other than my own. Don't get me wrong - I can imitate singers. I can do bar mitzvahs and weddings. "
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Own
" I take inspiration from everything around me, also relationships and friends. And the inside of my crazy head. "
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Me
Friends
" The very first song I wrote was about a boy that I was obsessed with. "
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First
" The only really safe thing to do is to write a diary of where you've been, what time you went to bed, what you ate. If I wrote honestly about everything I think it'd be a disaster. It would cause a lot of trouble. "
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You
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" My favourite people to follow on Twitter are... my fans. They make me laugh so much and keep me smiling. "
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" The only day I remember of my parents' marriage was the day my dad walked out. As I stood there at five years old, with my older sister and younger brother, I knew that he was gone. "
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" I'm never happy with my face, my hair, I haven't really got any boobs and I'm not really that tall. "
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" I was the first person to go to university from my family. "
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" It took time to really build myself a reputation as a good live performer, a musician and an artist. "
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" You should constantly write because your writing is always evolving and progressing. It's really important to start writing young. "
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" Drake, I'd like to collaborate with. He's a phenomenal lyricist. Probably the best rapper in the world at the moment. I love Kanye but there's something about Drake; he's more straight up, really clever and really poetic and metaphorical - I love that. He's just clever. "
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" I played recorder in assembly, then I became passionate about the guitar, I don't know why. I started on electric then moved to acoustic - my brother was playing bass in the next room. "
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" I'd hate it to become style over substance, I'd hate people to start putting me in a magazine article about my style. I don't like dressing up in something I'm not necessarily comfortable in just to make it more of a show. I want the power to come from what I sing about and how I sing. "
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" Mumford & Sons' music appeals to a lot of America. I'm really proud of them. "
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" I love pink - pink's my favourite. I hardly ever - weirdly - wear it, but I love the colour pink. "
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" I still don't know if I can write songs. I don't think anyone ever knows if they can write songs. "
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" I'm not afraid, as a writer, of being emotional. I'm obsessed with human emotion, body parts, physicality. "
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" Two things I'm obsessed with are the countryside and fields and being in the open space and body parts, so you'll hear me mentioning body parts and human anatomy. I've listened to my songs and I think I am quite visual and I talk about bones and flesh a lot. "
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" There are so many things to think about when you make an album. Like, who am I trying to impress? Am I going to get respect, critical acclaim? Or am I going to sell lots of records? "
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" I've got a song called 'Salt Skin' because when you run in the heat it evaporates and you've got salt crystals on your face. I love that, because it means you've worked really hard. "
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" I don't think there was ever a moment when I was like, 'Yeah, I want to be a singer!' I guess it just happened. I performed a lot when I was younger and stuff, but I remember getting to the point where I thought I might have to get a normal job. "
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" I find male singers and what they sing about fascinating. It makes me realize how little we know about ourselves and how little I know about myself. It's interesting to see the male perspective. "
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