Charli XCX Quotes
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I think true romance is dry schizophrenic... but life would be so boring without true love, so I guess you just roll with it.
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I love the rawness in fashion.
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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.
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I don't want to be a pop star. I want to be a nursery-rhyme star!
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To be honest I'd just love to keep writing hits for other people... That's kind of my secret dream.
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I'm very closed off when it comes to working with people, I'm very selective.
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When I first began writing music I was really inspired by the French electro scene.
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Everyone's just a freak, but some people are trying to hide it and some people embrace it.
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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.
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I want to have tampons as merch that say ‘Periods are punk.'
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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A good song can make you smile, or it can make you dance or laugh or remind you of a moment.
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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.
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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.
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Live in the moment. Feel everything you want to feel. And maybe have a couple of drinks if you're nervous, I guess.
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[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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I want to create an experience with my music.
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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.
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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.
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I feel like the worst fashion moments of the '90s were kind of the best.
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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.
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