Sophie Ellis-Bextor Quotes

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

Profession : Musician

Birth : April 10, 1979

There are a lots of clowns in our family - our house is a fun house.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

I get really frustrated if people don't smile.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

I'm a sucker for sad disco pop.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

A good song is a good song whatever your age.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

In real life, I'm not super-posh but if that's the stereotype, I really don't care. It could be worse.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

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

Two premature babies was not a genetic thing; we were just unlucky.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

I've got a thing for footwear; I have about 200 pairs of shoes from all over the world.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

Dance music is great, but it's not a time to be reflective or particularly wistful.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

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

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

I don't know why people think I'm polished - I often leave the house with buttons missing and ladders in my tights.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

I'm really interested in fashion but at the same time I find it quite competitive. Second-hand stuff leaves you more open to whatever your own personal style is rather than feeling dictated to by shops.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

I never manage to get to bed early on Sunday night but this doesn't matter, as I don't know one level of exhaustion from another.

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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.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

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

For every person that says I'm the new Audrey Hepburn, someone else says that I look like an alien.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

I'm a sucker for good black skirts and pretty little shirts and kooky tops. I have to admit that shopping satisfies my craving for immediate gratification.

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I think there's quite a lot of cowardice in music. I don't mind if it goes wrong, I just want to go for it.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

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

Having a successful first album is one thing, but a successful third is another.

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