Charli XCX Quotes

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Charli XCX

Profession : Musician

Birth : August 2, 1992

I used to worry about being cool. Now I realize that I genuinely don't care.

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There's something about girls together, uniting, that I just thought was cool.

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I never set out to be a cult cool artist. I always made music that I thought was pop.

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When I was younger, I was a rave kid trapped inside a singer/songwriter's body. But I kind of figured my way out because I started making these really terrible beats on this Yamaha keyboard that my parents got me for my 10th birthday.

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My dad always used to encourage me to dress weird.

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The XCX really stands for 'kiss Charli kiss,' which is unbelievably crap.

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I loved Justice and Uffie and everyone signed to the label Ed Banger. They were really influential to me when first started making music.

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One time, I gave Chris Martin a My Little Pony for good luck. He said, 'Oh, you should keep it,' but I was like, 'You guys probably need it a lot more than I do.' I said that to Coldplay!

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You can't like everything! You hate some stuff! Say what you hate! Like, I hate Pitbull, and I don't care!

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I'd love to work with Cher Lloyd; that would be my dream person to work with.

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I think the best artists are the ones who constantly change - Madonna, Bowie.

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Being nice is awesome. You have more fun; you meet more people.

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The fashion of the '90s is a massive inspiration to me. My favorite video of all time is 'Say You'll Be There' by the Spice Girls. That's the best styling ever. If I could dress like that every day, I would.

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People would always ask me how I came up with my music and what it felt like to make music, and I would always see colours, and then I found out that that was synaesthesia. It helps me understand songs and what I like.

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I spent a lot of my teenage years experimenting with who I was as a person and not really getting it right. And then, I think, I realized that I just had to chill out in life.

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Some people think of feminine as just being pretty and quiet and sweet, but I also think being feminine is being angry and also being sexy and aggressive and passionate.

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I feel like I'm a pop star without being a diva.

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I always Google myself. It's horrible.

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To be honest, for me, my main workout is when I'm on stage. Even though I make pop music, I don't think I perform in the classic 'pop star' sort of way. I'm very active on stage; I always end up dripping in sweat afterwards. It's always like a full-on, wild performance, so that's pretty much like my exercise, I would say.

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I get on with people. I don't hang out with people who aren't nice. It's like, be real or go home.

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