Sophie Ellis Bextor Quotes

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

Everything, Same, Matter

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

Feeling, Saying, Thinking

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

Time, Feeling, Find

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

Someone, Person, Else

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

Someone, Control, Quite

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

Two, Babies, Unlucky

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

Inspired, Musicians, Freaky

Also, I think women really come into their own in their 30s.
Sophie Ellis Bextor

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.
Sophie Ellis Bextor

Work, Working, Away

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

Short, Sense, Attention

Everybody remembers Robbie Williams said I had a face like a satellite dish.
Sophie Ellis Bextor

Said, Face, Everybody

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

Pretty, Leaving, Dance

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

Successful, Another, Third

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

Why, Often, Leave

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

Music, Hate, Getting

I don't think that old-fashioned idea of record companies exists any more.
Sophie Ellis Bextor

Idea, Exists, Companies

I learned to stand up for myself at school where I was never too popular.
Sophie Ellis Bextor

School, Learned, Stand

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

Different, Dance, Knew

I started my music career at 18 and for a long while I let other people handle my affairs.
Sophie Ellis Bextor

Music, Long, Career

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

Good, Money, Two

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

Music, Mind, Wrong

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

Diet, Time, Night

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

Parents, Different, Child

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

Love, Harvey, Alison

I wrote the worst novel ever.
Sophie Ellis Bextor

Worst, Novel, Wrote

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Nationality: English

Born: April 10, 1979

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