I guess I started running when I was about 18 and... I feel like it assists my creativity a bit because it completely just flushes everything out. Ellie Goulding More Quotes by Ellie Goulding More Quotes From Ellie Goulding I want to be safe in the knowledge that I can tour and play festivals for a long time. The main thing is that I want a good reputation as a live performer. If I have that, I'd be so happy. Ellie Goulding safe play long I want to be more like Pixie Lott. She works really hard but always manages to keep smiling. She never complains. Ellie Goulding keep-smiling complaining want By the time I got writing 'Halcyon,' I was on a roll, and I realized I had so much to write about, I realized I had so much built up inside that I couldn't really alleviate before, and then all of a sudden it was like reservoir burst. Ellie Goulding alleviate i-realized writing You should constantly write because your writing is always evolving and progressing. It's really important to start writing young. Ellie Goulding progress important writing My favourite people to follow on Twitter are... my fans. They make me laugh so much and keep me smiling. Ellie Goulding fans laughing people I'm never happy with my face, my hair, I haven't really got any boobs and I'm not really that tall. Ellie Goulding havens faces hair I still don't know if I can write songs. I don't think anyone ever knows if they can write songs. Ellie Goulding writing song thinking Even when I'm in quite a happy state of mind, I like writing really sad songs. I think a lot of people do. Ellie Goulding writing song thinking I can fall in love in a simple way, but I can dissect it in such an intense fashion when it ends. Ellie Goulding falling-in-love fashion simple I wrote a lot of poetry that was based on stories of the sea and I was really inspired by that. Ellie Goulding inspired stories sea 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. Ellie Goulding knows kids book I would never create an image for myself; I'm not that clever. Ellie Goulding clever You get to a certain age and you can't judge yourself on your dad or your parents. Ellie Goulding dad parent judging 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. Ellie Goulding skulls home art I got a random tattoo the other day. It's a red triangle, which makes everyone think I'm arty, which I'm not. I used to draw red triangles all the time. It must mean something - maybe I don't know it yet. But I'll figure it out. Ellie Goulding tattoo mean thinking It's good to talk sometimes. Sometimes interviews are really good for you... You end up evaluating yourself more and talk about stuff that an ordinary person wouldn't necessarily keep revisiting. I used to close myself off and want to be alone, but now I'll call a friend. When you're in a relationship, they're that person. Ellie Goulding sometimes When you reach a point of no return with someone and you feel there's going to be no reconciliation, you have to disconnect. I can't allow myself to be emotionally connected with people like that again, it's too damaging. Ellie Goulding reconciliation people Fame doesn't make it hard to date, because I could be seeing someone now and no-one would know. But if you go out with someone who's in the public eye you're asking for trouble. It's double intensity, double scrutiny. Even if I just went on one date with a normal guy, word gets around and that freaks me out. I don't like all that gossipy stuff. Ellie Goulding freak guy eye I'm genuinely peaceful and positive. I feel more grounded and connected with everything - friends, family. And I think I've changed the way I deal with stuff recently; I'm trying to think of everything in a more positive way because if something gets me down, it'll really gets me down. The thing I wish I could do more of is train. It's the one thing I do that doesn't require any emotion. Ellie Goulding peaceful wish thinking You never know what to expect. You don't just walk on and expect an amazing reaction. Ellie Goulding
