It's usually a big kind of vent of frustration or anger or sadness that puts me in the right frame of mind to write. It's such a cliche to say that artists write when they're down, but it's true for me. It's a relief to get out what's eating away at my heart or my soul or my head.
Ellie Goulding'I Know You Care' is about my dad. And I haven't seen him for a long, long time. And my parents divorced when I was really young. And I guess I just wanted a - it was my way of saying that I wasn't bitter or angry anymore. I was just sad and just felt like something was missing.
Ellie GouldingMen are wary of me because they know, by listening to my music, that a relationship with me will be quite deep.
Ellie GouldingI believe in the moment of things and fate and things happening for a reason, so I write things down and I trust it.
Ellie Goulding