[My mom] worries about me going and taking drugs, whereas my dad advises me on what drugs to take and what ones not to take. So, they're very different. Charli XCX More Quotes by Charli XCX More Quotes From Charli XCX A great song can make you cry and transport you to another dimension. Charli XCX cry dimensions song I can't stand to hear my own voice. If one of my songs comes on in a café, I'll run out right away and come back with the police. Charli XCX voice running song I just want people to feel the emotion that's in the record. For me it's very raw and beautiful, I guess it's kind of like a diary for me. I'd love for people to be able to listen to it and it make them dance and cry and the same time. Charli XCX diaries beautiful people I always look at my favourite photographs or favourite movies by James Bidgood or Sofia Coppola before I write my songs - they put me in the right frame of mind. Charli XCX mind writing song I hadn't really thought about the kind of music I wanted to make. I was just making raps and stuff. I thought that was the coolest thing in the world. Charli XCX rap stuff world I used to hate swimming at school so much that I would always sneak downstairs in the middle of the night and take my swimming costume out of my gym bag and hide it in the house somewhere. Then I'd never have to go swimming at school. This went on for months and I never got caught and my Mum turned into a nervous wreck because the thought she was losing her memory... and then one day she caught me and got super angry. That was kind of bad. Charli XCX hate memories school I'm very closed off when it comes to working with people, I'm very selective. Charli XCX selective people I love the rawness in fashion. Charli XCX rawness fashion I was inspired by movies like 'Jawbreaker' and 'Carrie' for the 'Break the Rules' video. I never went to prom when I was at school so this was kind of me living out my weird fantasy of what prom would be like in my head. I asked Rose McGowan to be in the video and I never ever thought she would say yes, but she did... so she came to prom too... And she trashed it. Charli XCX would-be rose school Vivienne Westwood really inspires me. I love her punk ethos. Charli XCX ethos punk inspire A lot of females are openly discussing their experiences as women in the music industry. Charli XCX music-industry female I'm someone who admires artists like Madonna and David Bowie, who really change their sound drastically between each record. Charli XCX admire artist I feel like I have an affiliation with the '90s. I feel like a lot of things going on in fashion and pop culture were loud and outlandish. Charli XCX pop-culture fashion culture I feel like the worst fashion moments of the '90s were kind of the best. Charli XCX fashion moments kind When I was younger, definitely getting people to listen to me and believe in me. I think it's hard when you're a young girl in a record label full of male urban artists, which is definitely what Atlantic Records was and still is. Also, getting people to trust a young, female pop star that doesn't just want to be puppeteered was definitely a challenge for me. Charli XCX girl believe thinking The great thing about 2017 is that, because of the terrible political state that we're in and that America is in, young people are so vocal at the moment about so many issues, from racism to LGBT rights to beyond. I feel like - especially when I look at my fan-base - people are so vocal about their opinions and so vocal about spreading love. That's really important, and I think it's really amazing that people are talking about that. I just want that to keep happening. Charli XCX racism people thinking I started writing my own things when I was about 8. I used to try to bully my friends into imitating the Spice Girls on the playground. Then I realized, Oh god, my career's going nowhere, so I looked in the Yellow Pages and phoned up the first cheap studio that I found and started recording. Charli XCX bully girl writing I have a really good relationship with my label and with people I've worked with since I was younger. I've always had a really good relationship, with both men and women. I think, for me, the way I face sexism in the music industry is when people are like, "Oh, she must not write her own music." That's frustrating, in a way. But it's cool. I'm mostly just like, "Meh." I'm just doing my thing. Charli XCX writing men thinking I'm spontaneous when I'm onstage. If I feel like talking about a particular issue when I'm in the moment, then I will. I speak about women's rights a lot day-to-day, so that's an issue that's important to me for sure. And I'm not a fan of Donald Trump. Charli XCX issues rights talking I always see colors when I listen to music. It's difficult to explain, but when I hear the music I think about gold, blood rushing. Charli XCX color blood thinking
