Sophie Ellis-Bextor Quotes

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

Profession : Musician

Birth : April 10, 1979

Someone had my number and they started text-stalking me. I've never replied to them. It was tempting to write back, but I resisted.

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It's funny how intimate it feels to get a text.

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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.

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I was an only child, but then my parents resettled with different partners, and I am now one of six.

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The fact that my mother was on television every week while I was young was occasionally awkward, and often frustrating.

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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.

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Like my mum, I sometimes buy things I shouldn't and fill my house with rubbish.

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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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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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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.

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I would love to record something with PJ Harvey or Alison Goldfrapp.

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I don't think writing or co-writing my songs makes me a better singer, but I haven't really got an excuse not to do it as I've got too many opinions!

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I really love being in London at weekends - there's always so much to do.

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I try my hardest not to read reviews.

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I like the influence of the macabre, but I don't believe in ghosts.

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My little boy Sonny makes me laugh all the time. He has good comedic timing.

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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.

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I'm happy that I have a look, but I don't over-analyse whether or not it's beautiful or ugly.

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I didn't feel so great when I was a teenager, but who does?

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