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" Two premature babies was not a genetic thing; we were just unlucky. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Genetic
Babies
Just
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" I think I'm fairly good with money, but I've developed some strange tics - in shops I don't like to go to the counter unless I've got at least two things to buy. If I'm walking around with just one thing in my hand I'll put it back and wait a few weeks because that doesn't seem like a proper purchase. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Money
Think
Good
" I learned to stand up for myself at school where I was never too popular. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Myself
Never
Stand Up
" 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. "
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Differences
Feel
Musicians
" My little boy Sonny makes me laugh all the time. He has good comedic timing. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Good
Boy
Laugh
" '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
Great
Entertainment
Up
" 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
" It's hard to feel comfortable in your own skin when you're younger. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Feel
Comfortable
Skin
" Being a chef would be too much hard work. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Too Much
Work
Chef
" Like my mum, I sometimes buy things I shouldn't and fill my house with rubbish. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Sometimes
Buy
House
" 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. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Watch
Saying
Feeling
" I've got quite a curvy shape so I try to wear stuff that's tailored. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Curvy
Try
Got
" You learn that, when your children are all right, everything is right in the world. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Your
Children
Learn
" I'm someone who has always been quite clear about what I like. In the studio, I'm not a control freak but I know what I want. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Always
Control
Know
" 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. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Like
Working
Away
" I'm always sticking up for other people. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Other
Always
Up
" But I quite like that the public has a very short attention span. If I haven't been on telly for a little bit, I can sense it. People don't take as much notice of you, it's really quite palpable. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
People
You
Attention
" 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. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
I Can
Shopping
Money
" I like the influence of the macabre, but I don't believe in ghosts. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Ghosts
Believe
Like
" I'm too frightened of confrontation, so I will always tip - even if the service has been really shoddy. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Even
Been
Always
" 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
" 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. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Relationship
Money
Parents
" Some people are really good at packaging themselves, but that's not really me. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
People
Me
Good
" 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
" Come rain or shine I walk short distances rather than taking my car. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Car
Walk
Short
" Everybody remembers Robbie Williams said I had a face like a satellite dish. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Everybody
Face
Said
" 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. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Writing
People
Dance
" On my wedding day. I didn't want a natural, blushing-bride look - I had a full-on hairdo and red lips. I thought it would be disingenuous to do the whole virginal look, so even though I had the white dress, I had pink net underneath. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Red
Dress
Day
" Not all my shoes are designer. 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. I'm attracted to things rather than labels. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Me
Everything
Clothes
" 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
" Some people can get away with being very sexy to men and not looking like a complete cow, but I didn't think I was in a position where people knew me well enough. "
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Men
Think
Sexy