Quotes by Sophie Ellis Bextor - Page 2

The fact that my mother was on television every week while I was young was occasionally awkward, and often frustrating.
Sophie Ellis Bextor / Singer
Awkward
Frustrating
Mother
Television
Occasionally
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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 / Singer
Dance
Inspirational
Awkward
Leaving
Pretentious
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The X Factor' is great entertainment, but it doesn't prepare people for getting chewed up and spat out by the music industry.
Sophie Ellis Bextor / Singer
Entertainment
People
Spats
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I'm someone who has always been quite clear about what I like. In the studio, I'm not a control freak but I know what I want.
Sophie Ellis Bextor / Singer
Clear
Control Freak
Freak
Want
Studio
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'The X Factor' is great entertainment, but it doesn't prepare people for getting chewed up and spat out by the music industry.
Sophie Ellis Bextor / Singer
Music Industry
Chewed
Music Great People
Factor
Prepare
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Writing songs about fancying people in dance clubs is all very well but it's not the be-all and end-all. There are other topics.
Sophie Ellis Bextor / Singer
Clubs
People
Song
Topics
Writing
End-All
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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.
Sophie Ellis Bextor / Singer
Bed
Exhaustion
Manage
Night
Sunday
Sunday Night
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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.
Sophie Ellis Bextor / Singer
Numbers
Stalking Me
Tempting
Writing
Me Back Never
Replied
Resisted
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Turning the thermostat down is something that I do pretty reluctantly. I like to be able to walk around in whatever I fancy at home.
Sophie Ellis Bextor / Singer
Home
Able
Fancy
Turning
Reluctantly
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I used to be hung up on my figure, but it's a waste of time. I don't believe in diets. Have four pints one night, be healthy the next.
Sophie Ellis Bextor / Singer
Diet
Believe
Diets
Healthy
Hung
Night
Pints
Waste
Waste Of Time
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I'm a little bit allergic to the whole brand thing to be honest but maybe it's just happening around me and I'm not really aware of it.
Sophie Ellis Bextor / Singer
Allergic
Honest
Littles
Happening
To Be Honest
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I must confess I knew very little about the trance scene, I'm more house and commercial dance but it was really interesting and different.
Sophie Ellis Bextor / Singer
Dance
Inspirational
House
Interesting
Scene
Trance
Commercial
Confess
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My rule for the corporate stuff is the same as with my music - I do whatever means I can sleep at night and whatever means I can be dignified.
Sophie Ellis Bextor / Singer
Corporate
Dignified
Rule
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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.
Sophie Ellis Bextor / Singer
Affected
Asks
Parent
Handled
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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!
Sophie Ellis Bextor / Singer
Excuse
Song
Thinking
Writing
Opinions
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When I first started out, I got criticism for the way I looked. I think, now, it's a good thing because, why would you want to look like everyone else?
Sophie Ellis Bextor / Singer
Criticism
Looks
Thinking
Good Look Way
Everyone Else
Good Thing
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You should make an effort on stage because it's a performance. The stage should be glittery and camp, but I don't go down the shops in full stage gear.
Sophie Ellis Bextor / Singer
Effort
Gears
Shops
Should
Camp
Gear
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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.
Sophie Ellis Bextor / Singer
Black
Craving
Gratification
Littles
Shirts
Shopping
Skirts
Sucker
Admit
Immediate
Satisfies
Tops
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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 / Singer
Feelings
Singers
Thinking
Watches
Waving
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There are a lot of people out there who lie about their age and I think it does us all a disservice. It can't all be over when you hit 30. That would be rubbish.
Sophie Ellis Bextor / Singer
Disservice
Lying
People
Rubbish
Thinking
Lie
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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 / Singer
Men
Sexy
Thinking
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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 / Singer
Position
Complete
Cow
Well Enough
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A lot of what inspired many musicians is celebrating differences, and people relate to that - more people feel like the unpopular, freaky one than the one in the in-crowd.
Sophie Ellis Bextor / Singer
Differences
Freaky
Musician
People
Relate
People Feel More
Celebrating
Unpopular
More People
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Yes, being educated is definitely an advantage. But having said that, I've met so many people in life who haven't done very well at school but who are still really bright.
Sophie Ellis Bextor / Singer
Advantage
Done
Educated
People
School
Life Done People
Bright
Life People School
So Many People
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The NHS is a bit iffy when you sprain an ankle, but when it's a high-priority issue, it's fantastic. They don't mess about. They're incredibly efficient when things go wrong.
Sophie Ellis Bextor / Singer
Efficient
Fantastic
Issues
Mess
Nhs
Priorities
Ankle
Incredibly
Wrong Go Things
Issue
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Now when I say Sophie Ellis-Bextor I feel that's not really me because that's become this entity from doing the gigs and the shows and the make-up contracts and whatever else.
Sophie Ellis Bextor / Singer
Contracts
Entity
Gigs
Sophie
Me Feel Doing
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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.
Sophie Ellis Bextor / Singer
Marriage
Divorce
Mother
Parent
Passionate
Parents
Says
Separated
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I can definitely tell when mum has got money because then she likes to go shopping to spend it, whereas dad is steadier and avoids splurges. I like to think I've inherited both sides.
Sophie Ellis Bextor / Singer
Dad
Both Sides
Likes
Mum
Shopping
Sides
Thinking
Inherited
Whereas
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I tasted huge success with my first album, and when it's happening it feels like a roller coaster you can't get off. You should be very careful about wishing for success on that scale.
Sophie Ellis Bextor / Singer
Albums
Firsts
Roller Coaster
Wish
Scale
Tasted
Coaster
Roller
Wishing
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I don't want to sound like an old grandmother but actually it's quite nice when you get up early and then, by the time it gets to 10am, you're quite perky and already quite switched on.
Sophie Ellis Bextor / Singer
Grandmother
Nice
Perky
Up Early
By The Time
Switched
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Not all my shoes are designer. 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. I'm attracted to things rather than labels.
Sophie Ellis Bextor / Singer
Clothes
Cost
Designer
Labels
Shoes
Same Level
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But I quite like that the public has a very short attention span. If I haven't been on telly for a little bit, I can sense it. People don't take as much notice of you, it's really quite palpable.
Sophie Ellis Bextor / Singer
Attention
Little Bit
Littles
People
Short
Notice
Palpable
Short Attention Span
Span
Telly
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You have to apply yourself because you'll never get a better opportunity than the one you have right now. Having said that, people know by now if they like me or not. I don't need to prove anything.
Sophie Ellis Bextor / Singer
Opportunity
Needs
People
Prove
Apply
Opportunity Me Yourself
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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 / Singer
Fashion
Feelings
Hands
Personal Style
Second Hand
Shops
Stuff
Quite
Own
Interested
Same
Open
Find
Competitive
Time Your Style
Dictated
Whatever
Feeling
Leaves
Personal
Rather
Same Time
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I don't think anyone doubts my motives, really. I do what I do and it's not very complicated. Of course, you might hate the music that I make, but I don't think people feel threatened by me just getting on with what I'm up to.
Sophie Ellis Bextor / Singer
Hate
People
Thinking
Threatened
Music Hate Me
Doubts
Motives
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On my wedding day. I didn't want a natural, blushing-bride look - I had a full-on hairdo and red lips. I thought it would be disingenuous to do the whole virginal look, so even though I had the white dress, I had pink net underneath.
Sophie Ellis Bextor / Singer
Wedding
Disingenuous
Dresses
Lips
Natural
Red
White
Would Be
Full-On
Hairdo
Net
Pink
Though
Underneath
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I try not to wear anything I have to fidget with - there's nothing worse than wearing something and pulling down the hem and re-adjusting the top. My pet hate is when girls wear those strapless dresses and spend the whole night yanking them up.
Sophie Ellis Bextor / Singer
Girl
Pet
Hate
Night
Wearing
Worse
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I love getting dressed up. Being a pop star is the most brilliant job for that. A lot of girls love shopping, but they might see the most amazing outfit and think, 'When am I going to wear that?', so it's my duty to exploit the fact I do have events I can wear these things to.
Sophie Ellis Bextor / Singer
Girl
Jobs
Brilliant
Getting Dressed
Most Amazing
Shopping
Stars
Dressed
Exploit
Outfit
Pop Star
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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 / Singer
Just One
Shops
Strange
Fairly
Counter
Weeks
Developed
Wait
Just One Thing
Proper
Purchase
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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 / Singer
Grease
Hands
Icons
Influence
Mary
Olivia
Second Hand
Sound
Sound Of Music
Pretty
Watch
Wear
Julie
Julie Andrews
Mary Poppins
Mixture
Nanny
Outfit
Terms
Slightly
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Philately is normally a boys' hobby but for some reason it was in vogue at my junior school. Between the ages of eight and ten I collected avidly. I'd pore over my Stanley Gibbons book, obsessively checking my collection's value. I always hoped I'd stumble across a really valuable one, a Penny Black or an Inverted Jenny, but it wasn't to be.
Sophie Ellis Bextor / Singer
Book
Boys
Eight
Inverted
School
Stanley
Ten
Valuable
Ages
Avidly
Checking
Collected
Hoped
Junior
Normally
Penny
Stumble
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