• I was super brainy and a proper geek at school, but there would always be a boy. But that sort of obsession did turn me into a songwriter. My writing has always come from that feeling of infatuation.

    Ellie Goulding: I was super brainy and a proper geek at school, but there would always be a boy. But that sort of obsession did turn me into a songwriter. My writing has always come from that feeling of infatuation.
    "Love Lessons From Ellie Goulding". Interview with Emily Laurence, www.seventeen.com. October 9, 2012.