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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. "

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

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" When I first started out, I got criticism for the way I looked. I think, now, it's a good thing because, why would you want to look like everyone else? "

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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 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. "

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" Getting up to dance to your own stuff looks pretty pretentious. And leaving the dancefloor when it comes on is just awkward. "

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" 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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" You need to have a life outside your career. "

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" In terms of influence, my style icons have been a mixture of Julie Andrews and Olivia Newton-John. When I was little I used to watch 'Grease,' 'Mary Poppins' and 'The Sound of Music' a lot. If you put all those things together you do kind of get my outfits. A slightly tarty nanny in a second-hand outfit. That is pretty much what I wear. "

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" I'm the messiest person I know. "

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

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" 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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