Charli XCX Quotes

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Charli XCX

Profession : Musician

Birth : August 2, 1992

I've always wanted to write pop music. I never wanted to be cool or make a hipster record.

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I've always played it my way. I failed media training, for example.

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I'm not interested in the idea of celebrity.

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I really want to work with Chris Martin. I think he's a genius.

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When I was younger, I was quite scared of a red lip. But I started listening to '60s French ye-ye pop when I was making 'Sucker.' I was looking at Brigitte Bardot and those kinds of girls. When they were dressed up, it was often a bold red lip.

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I'm very scruffy and messy in the way that I am and always have been.

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From the moment I stepped into this industry, I've always had to fight for my ideas and for my voice to be heard.

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I'm not good at dressing up fancy; I always just do my thing, which is whatever I'm in the mood for.

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I've never conformed to what my record label has said and, yes, that has meant that it's been a long journey for me.

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When I first started, I wasn't really aware of anything in the industry or aware of who I really was. I just put my music out there and tried to get as many people to hear it as possible. I hadn't really thought about the kind of music I wanted to make.

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I'm a really big Rihanna fan, and I think she's such an incredible artist.

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My philosophy is to treat people how you want to be treated.

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To me, 'X Factor' is like Vegas. Fake, twisted, but kind of wonderful. Maybe I'm sick, but I find the whole thing quite funny sometimes.

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I quite like doing laundry. I find it quite like relaxing.

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I'm going to build an empire. I'm always writing for someone else. I want to be someone who has her fingerprints all over the pop charts.

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I always see my songs in colors, and I'm often more inspired by movies and photographs than I am by other songs when I write my music. I'm also inspired by fashion, and I want my music to be a visual painting of what's in my mind.

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'True Romance' was definitely, in part, still me finding my voice as a writer. I was nervous, and I was a lot more shy. The album sounds bruised.

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I know some people are like, 'I'm depressed, and I'm a struggling artist,' and that really works for some people, but that doesn't work for me. I have to be really happy, even when I'm writing my depressing songs; I have to come through that stage before I can write.

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I think the best people are the ones who are just as nice and fun. This is really cheesy, but you only have one life - why spend most of it pretending to be cool?

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There are some signs that can indicate she might be interested. Woman might do subconscious things like play with their hair or orient their body towards your direction.

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