Sophie Ellis Bextor Quotes

For every person that says I'm the new Audrey Hepburn, someone else says that I look like an alien.

Not all my shoes are designer. In terms of clothes, everything is on the same level for me. If I like it, it doesn't matter if it cost £200 or £2. I'm attracted to things rather than labels.

Like my mum, I sometimes buy things I shouldn't and fill my house with rubbish.

My little boy Sonny makes me laugh all the time. He has good comedic timing.

You have to apply yourself because you'll never get a better opportunity than the one you have right now. Having said that, people know by now if they like me or not. I don't need to prove anything.

I like the influence of the macabre, but I don't believe in ghosts.

I used to be hung up on my figure, but it's a waste of time. I don't believe in diets. Have four pints one night, be healthy the next.

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.

There are a lots of clowns in our family - our house is a fun house.

Yeah, I'm not really a morning person.

I try my hardest not to read reviews.

A lot of what inspired many musicians is celebrating differences, and people relate to that - more people feel like the unpopular, freaky one than the one in the in-crowd.

I'm the messiest person I know.

Some people are really good at packaging themselves, but that's not really me.

Trust your instincts: they tend to see you right. By listening to them, at least you can sleep at night.

I'm big in Russia, but no one's quite sure why.

Getting up to dance to your own stuff looks pretty pretentious. And leaving the dancefloor when it comes on is just awkward.

I can definitely tell when mum has got money because then she likes to go shopping to spend it, whereas dad is steadier and avoids splurges. I like to think I've inherited both sides.

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.

I didn't feel so great when I was a teenager, but who does?

Turning the thermostat down is something that I do pretty reluctantly. I like to be able to walk around in whatever I fancy at home.

I started my music career at 18 and for a long while I let other people handle my affairs.

In real life, I'm not super-posh but if that's the stereotype, I really don't care. It could be worse.

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.

I don't want to sound like an old grandmother but actually it's quite nice when you get up early and then, by the time it gets to 10am, you're quite perky and already quite switched on.

It's funny how intimate it feels to get a text.

I'm too frightened of confrontation, so I will always tip - even if the service has been really shoddy.

I've got a thing for footwear; I have about 200 pairs of shoes from all over the world.

I don't know why people think I'm polished - I often leave the house with buttons missing and ladders in my tights.

I must confess I knew very little about the trance scene, I'm more house and commercial dance but it was really interesting and different.

I've got quite a curvy shape so I try to wear stuff that's tailored.

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.

When I first started out, I got criticism for the way I looked. I think, now, it's a good thing because, why would you want to look like everyone else?

There's so many singers, you watch them and a lot of it is waving around. You don't get this feeling that they're really thinking about what they're saying.

In terms of influence, my style icons have been a mixture of Julie Andrews and Olivia Newton-John. When I was little I used to watch 'Grease,' 'Mary Poppins' and 'The Sound of Music' a lot. If you put all those things together you do kind of get my outfits. A slightly tarty nanny in a second-hand outfit. That is pretty much what I wear.

You learn that, when your children are all right, everything is right in the world.

I do find it a bit disconcerting when your name becomes a brand.

Everybody remembers Robbie Williams said I had a face like a satellite dish.