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I think I'm a girl's girl in the sense that I support women a lot, and I'm definitely all for girl power, but I think I'm quite a tomboy at heart - even though I love my fashion and dressing up, I think my essence is very boyish.
Charli Xcx / Singer-Songwriter
Boyish
Essence
Girl Power
Love Women Power
Tomboy
Dressing
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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.
Charli Xcx / Singer-Songwriter
Visual
Music Movies Always
Photographs
Colors
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I was really selfish, and I didn't want to listen to anyone. Then I started working with some really amazing people, traveling more, and figuring out who I was as a person - looking at different things, listening to different music.
Charli Xcx / Singer-Songwriter
Listening
People
Selfish
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For me, I'm very visually inspired. I'm more inspired by photographs and movies than I am by listening to other music, so for me to create an amazingly intense visual live show is a dream, so I would love to be on that level for sure.
Charli Xcx / Singer-Songwriter
Intense
Visual
Love Music Movies
Amazingly
Photographs
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I think it's awesome when a woman is in control of everything she's doing, especially in an industry like this where people think that doesn't happen often, but it really does - well, from my knowledge and how I manage my own project.
Charli Xcx / Singer-Songwriter
Manage
Awesome
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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.
Charli Xcx / Singer-Songwriter
Birthday
Beats
Rave
Terrible
Trapped
Yamaha
Younger
Figured
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I just want people to feel the emotion that's in the record. For me it's very raw and beautiful, I guess it's kind of like a diary for me. I'd love for people to be able to listen to it and it make them dance and cry and the same time.
Charli Xcx / Singer-Songwriter
Beautiful
Diaries
People
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A lot of my friends do creative things and are doing really well at what they do - some writers, some artists. I'm in a driven circle. I've had a lot of opportunities that other people wouldn't necessarily have and seen some cool places.
Charli Xcx / Singer-Songwriter
Opportunity
Artist
Circles
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Females should stand by each other, especially in an industry which seems to try so hard to pin us up against each other and make us fight. It's not about that for me. I refuse to be sucked into a twisted world of insecurity and lose who I am.
Charli Xcx / Singer-Songwriter
Twisted
Fight World I Am
Females
Pin
Sucked
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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.
Charli Xcx / Singer-Songwriter
Sucker
Bold
Dressed
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I count myself as not only just an artist, not only as a singer, but a business woman. I write my own songs; I write my own video treatments, manage other artists. I write for other artists; it's not just about getting on stage and singing a song.
Charli Xcx / Singer-Songwriter
Manage
Singing
Video
Artists
Count
Singer
Treatments
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I'm inspired by artists like Robyn, just because she writes amazing pop songs, and they're not throwaway. When I listen to a Robyn pop song, I don't feel like she's just kind of saying something and not thinking; I feel like it's really emotional.
Charli Xcx / Singer-Songwriter
Pop Song
Artists
Just Kind
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I'm spontaneous when I'm onstage. If I feel like talking about a particular issue when I'm in the moment, then I will. I speak about women's rights a lot day-to-day, so that's an issue that's important to me for sure. And I'm not a fan of Donald Trump.
Charli Xcx / Singer-Songwriter
Issues
Rights
Talking
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On my first album, I felt like, if it was going to be turned into a movie, it would have been directed by Sofia Coppola. She creates this kind of pastel-colored palette that's very whimsical but also very stagnant. And that's really how I heard the record.
Charli Xcx / Singer-Songwriter
Palette
Stagnant
Whimsical
Coppola
Creates
Directed
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I made video art for quite a long time, and I made this video covering myself in burgers and dancing to Major Lazer and doing covers of Britney Spears songs... I can't remember how I got there, but my teacher said he'd have to fail me because it had mild nudity.
Charli Xcx / Singer-Songwriter
Teacher
Covering
Dancing
Long
Long Time
Made
Remember
Said
Spears
Video
Time Art Myself
Because
Had
Me
Quite
Doing
He
Britney
Britney Spears
How
Fail
Got
Major
Mild
Quite A Long Time
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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.
Charli Xcx / Singer-Songwriter
Artist
Stage
Work Me People
Works
Depressed
Some People
Struggling
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In the same way that musicians inspire me, artists and photographers like David LaChapelle influence me with their visuals. A photographer like LaChapelle creates an entirely new and unique visual for their work, and that's what I'd like to do with the Charli XCX world as well.
Charli Xcx / Singer-Songwriter
Inspire
Photographer
Work World Me
Visual
David
Creates
Entirely
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For me, romance is only 'true' when there are two sides to it. I think to have true romance you have to have the moments where you feel alone and you're crying and you feel like your heart's about to break... as well as the moments where you're floating through this orgasmic dream state.
Charli Xcx / Singer-Songwriter
Dream
Heart
Thinking
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I do appreciate the '80s as an era, the general sounds and aesthetics of the era. The Cure, that whole kind of image is really kind of amazing, I think. The power ballads and how everything sparkles and words are really dramatic. Huge drums, things like that. I do really find it inspiring.
Charli Xcx / Singer-Songwriter
Inspiring
Aesthetic
Appreciate
Ballads
Dramatic
Cure
Drums
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I started writing my own things when I was about 8. I used to try to bully my friends into imitating the Spice Girls on the playground. Then I realized, Oh god, my career's going nowhere, so I looked in the Yellow Pages and phoned up the first cheap studio that I found and started recording.
Charli Xcx / Singer-Songwriter
Girl
Bully
Writing
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Every time I make another record and every time I get a year older, I become more and more confident in who I am and more in tune with what I want as a person. I think it's the same for anyone in any walk of life. You just grow with experience and become more confident in exploring new things.
Charli Xcx / Singer-Songwriter
Exploring
Thinking
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There are days where I can go into a room full of people, talk to every single person, and feel completely at ease, and feel like making every single person laugh, and feel like everyone's having a great time. There are other times where I go into a room of people, and I literally want to run and hide.
Charli Xcx / Singer-Songwriter
Ease
Single Person
Time Great People
Great Time
Hide
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I've definitely become more commercially successful. I think everything has changed over the past two years. People seem to take me seriously now as a songwriter for other artists and as an artist, which is funny to me because I always thought I was good. I guess that's the main change, which is pretty interesting.
Charli Xcx / Singer-Songwriter
Artist
Successful
Thinking
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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. I have to be in a good place. I'm a positive person.
Charli Xcx / Singer-Songwriter
Depressing
Song
Struggle
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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.
Charli Xcx / Singer-Songwriter
Active
Classic
Dripping
Pop Music
Sweat
Workout
Music Always Me
Music Me Way
Afterwards
Wild
Full-On
To Be Honest
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I've heard people say to me, 'How can you claim to be a feminist when you dress like that?' I wear a lot of slip dresses and nightwear and stuff. People always question my credibility because of that: 'Oh, are you selling sex? Are you doing this or that to be recognized more or to sell your music?' No, it's just a fashion thing for me.
Charli Xcx / Singer-Songwriter
Credibility
Dresses
Fashion
Heard
Sex
Stuff
Oh
Claim
Sell
Wear
People Say
Question
Recognized
Slip
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When I was younger, definitely getting people to listen to me and believe in me. I think it's hard when you're a young girl in a record label full of male urban artists, which is definitely what Atlantic Records was and still is. Also, getting people to trust a young, female pop star that doesn't just want to be puppeteered was definitely a challenge for me.
Charli Xcx / Singer-Songwriter
Girl
Believe
Thinking
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I was inspired by movies like 'Jawbreaker' and 'Carrie' for the 'Break the Rules' video. I never went to prom when I was at school so this was kind of me living out my weird fantasy of what prom would be like in my head. I asked Rose McGowan to be in the video and I never ever thought she would say yes, but she did... so she came to prom too... And she trashed it.
Charli Xcx / Singer-Songwriter
Rose
School
Would Be
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I have a really good relationship with my label and with people I've worked with since I was younger. I've always had a really good relationship, with both men and women. I think, for me, the way I face sexism in the music industry is when people are like, "Oh, she must not write her own music." That's frustrating, in a way. But it's cool. I'm mostly just like, "Meh." I'm just doing my thing.
Charli Xcx / Singer-Songwriter
Men
Thinking
Writing
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I used to hate swimming at school so much that I would always sneak downstairs in the middle of the night and take my swimming costume out of my gym bag and hide it in the house somewhere. Then I'd never have to go swimming at school. This went on for months and I never got caught and my Mum turned into a nervous wreck because the thought she was losing her memory... and then one day she caught me and got super angry. That was kind of bad.
Charli Xcx / Singer-Songwriter
Hate
Memories
School
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There are some really amazing artists and people behind the scenes who are really effective in championing feminism in the music industry, and I think that's really important for people in the industry and for young girls and guys to see. It should become universal. It's really about the other people understanding that everybody's equal and that women are equally as valid creatives, businesswomen, powerhouses...whatever you want to call them.
Charli Xcx / Singer-Songwriter
Girl
Artist
Thinking
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The great thing about 2017 is that, because of the terrible political state that we're in and that America is in, young people are so vocal at the moment about so many issues, from racism to LGBT rights to beyond. I feel like - especially when I look at my fan-base - people are so vocal about their opinions and so vocal about spreading love. That's really important, and I think it's really amazing that people are talking about that. I just want that to keep happening.
Charli Xcx / Singer-Songwriter
People
Racism
Thinking
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I turned 25. And I don't feel like... whatever, age is just a number. I still feel very young and excited about life and everything. For the first time ever I began to take a look at life and really value it, and realize that there are so many things that I want to do; travel, I want to see the world. I realized that I want to take more time for myself and take more time to see the world and spend time with friends. That sounds so basic but I never really realized that before.
Charli Xcx / Singer-Songwriter
Age
Realizing
World
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