Sophie Ellis Bextor Quotes
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I've got a thing for footwear; I have about 200 pairs of shoes from all over the world.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I've got quite a curvy shape so I try to wear stuff that's tailored.
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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.
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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.
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Dance music is great, but it's not a time to be reflective or particularly wistful.
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My parents are good role models because they've worked hard and gave me a happy childhood.
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The X Factor' is great entertainment, but it doesn't prepare people for getting chewed up and spat out by the music industry.
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I'm the messiest person I know.
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Everybody remembers Robbie Williams said I had a face like a satellite dish.
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You need to have a life outside your career.
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Yes, being educated is definitely an advantage. But having said that, I've met so many people in life who haven't done very well at school but who are still really bright.
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In real life, I'm not super-posh but if that's the stereotype, I really don't care. It could be worse.
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I didn't feel so great when I was a teenager, but who does?
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But I quite like that the public has a very short attention span. If I haven't been on telly for a little bit, I can sense it. People don't take as much notice of you, it's really quite palpable.
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I do find it a bit disconcerting when your name becomes a brand.
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I'm happy that I have a look, but I don't over-analyse whether or not it's beautiful or ugly.
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I'm big in Russia, but no one's quite sure why.
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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.
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I'd never really thought about it before, but now you ask I can see that how my parents handled money definitely affected my relationship with it.
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I'm someone who has always been quite clear about what I like. In the studio, I'm not a control freak but I know what I want.
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I like the influence of the macabre, but I don't believe in ghosts.
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I'm too frightened of confrontation, so I will always tip - even if the service has been really shoddy.
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I try my hardest not to read reviews.
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Yeah, I'm not really a morning person.
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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.
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My little boy Sonny makes me laugh all the time. He has good comedic timing.
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Some people are really good at packaging themselves, but that's not really me.
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