I spent a lot of my teenage years experimenting with who I was as a person and not really getting it right. And then, I think, I realized that I just had to chill out in life. Charli XCX More Quotes by Charli XCX More Quotes From Charli XCX Everyone's just a freak, but some people are trying to hide it and some people embrace it. Charli XCX freak trying people Live in the moment. Feel everything you want to feel. And maybe have a couple of drinks if you're nervous, I guess. Charli XCX couple want live-in-the-moment I really don’t care what people think. Charli XCX care people thinking 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 exploring thinking I have a dark side. I think everyone does. Charli XCX dark doe thinking I want to have tampons as merch that say ‘Periods are punk.' Charli XCX tampons punk want 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 depressing struggle song When I first started, I wasn't really aware of anything in the industry or aware of who I really was. I just put my music out there and tried to get as many people to hear it as possible. Charli XCX industry people firsts 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 dream heart thinking I think true romance is dry schizophrenic... but life would be so boring without true love, so I guess you just roll with it. Charli XCX romance would-be thinking A good song can make you smile, or it can make you dance or laugh or remind you of a moment. Charli XCX make-you-smile song laughing I like the whole laid-back rapping. I wish I could rap! I wish I could wrap like Azealia Banks or Lil Wayne or someone like that. Charli XCX laid-back rap wish I see music in colours. I love music that's black, pink, purple or red - but I hate music that's green, yellow or brown. Charli XCX purple hate yellow 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 realizing age world I like Lady Gaga's music and I think her fashion is great, but I saw her on a chat show and I wanted to punch her in the face. Charli XCX fashion thinking I want to create an experience with my music. Charli XCX want 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 artist successful thinking I've never been to New Zealand actually. All I know is that there's a lot of greenery there. I'd love to come and play a show there sometime soon for sure! Charli XCX greenery shows play 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 girl artist thinking 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 selfish listening people
