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I feel more confident if my makeup looks good.
I was the first person to go to university from my family.
I'm a bit of a like girly-girl, really, I like flowery stuff.
I would never create an image for myself; I'm not that clever.
Christmas in L.A. is weird. There's no snow. It's not even cold.
The very first song I wrote was about a boy that I was obsessed with.
Mumford & Sons' music appeals to a lot of America. I'm really proud of them.
You get to a certain age and you can't judge yourself on your dad or your parents.
One of the most powerful feelings in the world is after a really, really long run.
My voice has been very, very produced, and very treated - but then, also, it hasn't.
Apparently I'm introspective... levelheaded... but at the same time, absolutely insane.
I can fall in love in a simple way, but I can dissect it in such an intense fashion when it ends.
What people don't understand is that how you are as an artist depends on how you are emotionally.
I love pink - pink's my favourite. I hardly ever - weirdly - wear it, but I love the colour pink.
I used to be obsessed with Pearl Jam, but I love having pink hair and kind of looking like a Barbie.
It took time to really build myself a reputation as a good live performer, a musician and an artist.
I'd call what I do pop music, but it's folky and electronic and it doesn't really sound like much else.
My favourite people to follow on Twitter are... my fans. They make me laugh so much and keep me smiling.
I'm not afraid, as a writer, of being emotional. I'm obsessed with human emotion, body parts, physicality.
Even when I'm in quite a happy state of mind, I like writing really sad songs. I think a lot of people do.
Bjork, I'd love to do something with her. I'd love to do some sort of crazy orchestral choir thing with her.
I guess I'm just quite observant and I pay attention to a lot of things. Human behavior really fascinates me.
I take inspiration from everything around me, also relationships and friends. And the inside of my crazy head.
Men are wary of me because they know, by listening to my music, that a relationship with me will be quite deep.
When I heard Bjork's debut, that was when I first realized that I could be a singer, even with my unusual voice.
I want to be more like Pixie Lott. She works really hard but always manages to keep smiling. She never complains.
I've always been fascinated by the human body, but you can become quite morbid and paranoid if you think too much.
I love designer stuff but like it will only be like, on a whim. I love Alexander Wang so much, but it's expensive.
My guiltiest pleasure is... chocolates with strawberry cream and trashy television - 'Geordie Shore,' 'Katie,' etc.
I was quite a weird kid because I didn't like getting presents. I don't know why. I just went for books all the time.
Now, if some panic hits me, you have to sort of be friends with your body, it's like your body will work against you.
It's so important to take vitamins. People always get ill on tour because of the close proximity in the bus with everyone.
The nature of how we are as human beings is that we're much more interested in being critical rather than praising something.
I think hype is a good thing. You need it and it'll teach you valuable things and you'll grow stronger, which is what I've done.
I feel like my figure is a challenge because I'm quite flat chested but I've got a booty so I've got to look for the right things.
You should constantly write because your writing is always evolving and progressing. It's really important to start writing young.
I'm a bit grungy - I love wearing boots. But I also love putting on a beautiful white dress and jewels. I have those two alter-egos.
My hairdresser in the U.K., Adam Reed, has his own line, Percy and Reed, and it's really good. And I use Moroccan Oil and Kerastase as well.
I love prints of skulls and bones and have some taxidermy - a crow and a rabbit - to remind me of home. I like art and have a big portrait of Bjork.
I've always said that Adele has turned so many people on to British singers - whether female singers or just like music from this country in general.
I feel like I write songs for the future or something. Not in an arrogant way, but I feel like maybe my songs were, like, before their time or something.
My mum was too busy raising four of us to encourage my hopes. But I'm glad I had the upbringing I did. It made me a worrier and a thoughtful, curious person.
I'd like a male to listen to my music and find it kind of fascinating, what a girl goes through when they get heartbroken or get sad or get hurt by something.
I just sing and write songs and wear what I want. It's quite a good job really. If I wanted to I suppose I could become more of a fashion icon, but singing is my thing.
Lauryn Hill is quite political and is very bold and isn't afraid of wearing her heart on her sleeve, and same with Bjork, except she is a little bit more kind of fragile.
My fancy dress costume of choice is... something 1920s or 30s, when there was still so much elegance and attention to detail. An excuse for ultimate dressing-up indulgence.
'I Know You Care' is really personal and fragile for me. For me, it's about losing a family member and also about a breakup. It's about this idea of losing someone for good.
Breakups just hit you harder when you're younger. When I was a teenager, it felt like the most depressing thing in the world if a boy I was infatuated with didn't like me back!
I've changed the way I look a bit but not intentionally. I've cut my hair. I've got a bit of pink in it and lately I've become a bit monochrome, wearing a lot of black and white.
The only day I remember of my parents' marriage was the day my dad walked out. As I stood there at five years old, with my older sister and younger brother, I knew that he was gone.