I started my music career at 18 and for a long while I let other people handle my affairs. Sophie Ellis Bextor More Quotes by Sophie Ellis Bextor More Quotes From Sophie Ellis Bextor 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 effortgearsshould 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 leavingdanceinspirational 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 danceinspirationalinteresting 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 musiciandifferencespeople 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 bedroomstudios My parents are good role models because they've worked hard and gave me a happy childhood. Sophie Ellis Bextor childhoodrole-modelsparent I get really frustrated if people don't smile. Sophie Ellis Bextor frustratedifspeople 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 fashionfeelingshands I don't think that old-fashioned idea of record companies exists any more. Sophie Ellis Bextor recordsideasthinking 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 healthynightbelieve I've got a thing for footwear; I have about 200 pairs of shoes from all over the world. Sophie Ellis Bextor pairsshoesworld 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 boysbookschool 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 lyingpeoplethinking 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 girlhatenight 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 divorceparentmother 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 weddingwhitedresses Everybody remembers Robbie Williams said I had a face like a satellite dish. Sophie Ellis Bextor satellitesfacesremember For every person that says I'm the new Audrey Hepburn, someone else says that I look like an alien. Sophie Ellis Bextor audreyalienslooks Having a successful first album is one thing, but a successful third is another. Sophie Ellis Bextor albumssuccessfulfirsts 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 hatepeoplethinking
