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 More Quotes by Charli XCX More Quotes From Charli XCX The music I'm making is like an explosion of love. It moves away from super dark, its more romanticized and floral, but still quite black. Charli XCX black dark moving A lot of my friends do creative things and are doing really well at what they do - some writers, some artists. I'm in a driven circle. I've had a lot of opportunities that other people wouldn't necessarily have and seen some cool places. Charli XCX circles artist opportunity I don't want to be a pop star. I want to be a nursery-rhyme star! Charli XCX nursery stars want Fashion is meant to be wild and expressive. I love colour but I also love basics - grungy minimalism mixed with this kind of broken-down cheerleader, is my thing. Charli XCX fashion cheerleader broken I've been thinking about where I want to take my live show. I want everything in it to be pink, gold, and black. I don't want people to feel any other colors, like brown or yellow. Charli XCX color yellow thinking To be honest I'd just love to keep writing hits for other people... That's kind of my secret dream. Charli XCX dream writing people When I first began writing music I was really inspired by the French electro scene. Charli XCX inspired writing firsts I'm not good at dressing up fancy; I always just do my thing, which is whatever I'm in the mood for. Charli XCX dressing good always mood I think I'm a girl's girl in the sense that I support women a lot, and I'm definitely all for girl power, but I think I'm quite a tomboy at heart - even though I love my fashion and dressing up, I think my essence is very boyish. Charli XCX women girl heart love I'm not good at being a picture-perfect pop star, happy all the time. If I'm having a bad day, I can't pretend. I'm always a bit unhappy, but that's just me. I like dwelling in my sadness. Charli XCX day good me time Being nice is awesome. You have more fun; you meet more people. Charli XCX you nice fun people I love In-N-Out! Charli XCX i-love love Females should stand by each other, especially in an industry which seems to try so hard to pin us up against each other and make us fight. It's not about that for me. I refuse to be sucked into a twisted world of insecurity and lose who I am. Charli XCX i-am fight me world To be honest, for me, my main workout is when I'm on stage. Even though I make pop music, I don't think I perform in the classic 'pop star' sort of way. I'm very active on stage; I always end up dripping in sweat afterwards. It's always like a full-on, wild performance, so that's pretty much like my exercise, I would say. Charli XCX think me music way My one thing is respect. I don't care about anything else. You should respect everyone around you - the people who work for you, peers. Be classy. Charli XCX you respect work people 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 person think chill life I think it's cool to be a rock star; I don't think there are many. There aren't many who speak out and take risks. And I think that's important. Charli XCX risks cool think speak I've heard people say to me, 'How can you claim to be a feminist when you dress like that?' I wear a lot of slip dresses and nightwear and stuff. People always question my credibility because of that: 'Oh, are you selling sex? Are you doing this or that to be recognized more or to sell your music?' No, it's just a fashion thing for me. Charli XCX dress me you music I quite like doing laundry. I find it quite like relaxing. Charli XCX find doing like laundry You can't like everything! You hate some stuff! Say what you hate! Like, I hate Pitbull, and I don't care! Charli XCX say you care hate
