Charli XCX

Singer

1992-08-02

Charli XCX is an English singer and songwriter known for experimental pop and influential collaborations. She rose to prominence in the 2010s and has released critically acclaimed albums as a solo artist.

Quotes by Charli XCX

A sold-out crowd is better than a number one. But being in the studio is better than all of that.
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My favorite video of all time is 'Say You'll Be There' by the Spice Girls. That's the best styling ever. If I could dress like that every day, I would.
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I used to try to bully my friends into imitating the Spice Girls on the playground.
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The fashion of the '90s is a massive inspiration to me. My favorite video of all time is 'Say You'll Be There' by the Spice Girls. That's the best styling ever. If I could dress like that every day, I would.
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'90s fashion is awesome. Best of both worlds - you had power pop, like the Spice Girls and Shampoo. But then you had Nirvana and Hole. And you also had '90s dance music like N-Trance, who kind of blended both.
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From the moment I stepped into this industry, I've always had to fight for my ideas and for my voice to be heard.
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When I was younger, I was quite scared of a red lip. But I started listening to '60s French ye-ye pop when I was making 'Sucker.' I was looking at Brigitte Bardot and those kinds of girls. When they were dressed up, it was often a bold red lip.
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Some people think of feminine as just being pretty and quiet and sweet, but I also think being feminine is being angry and also being sexy and aggressive and passionate.
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I spent a lot of my teenage years experimenting with who I was as a person and not really getting it right. And then, I think, I realized that I just had to chill out in life.
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I think big brows are pretty cool.
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The second someone tries to put me in a box, I will do everything to rebel against that.
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Females should stand by each other, especially in an industry which seems to try so hard to pin us up against each other and make us fight. It's not about that for me. I refuse to be sucked into a twisted world of insecurity and lose who I am.
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I feel like, throughout 'True Romance,' I was unsure of myself in terms of songwriting. Even though it was my voice, I feel there were a lot of other voices on that record, too.
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To be honest, my usual makeup is the same as in my music video looks.
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In the same way that musicians inspire me, artists and photographers like David LaChapelle influence me with their visuals. A photographer like LaChapelle creates an entirely new and unique visual for their work, and that's what I'd like to do with the Charli XCX world as well.
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I am very spontaneous when I write; it kind of just comes out. I never think about what I'm going to write about first... it just sort of comes out like word vomit.
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The XCX really stands for 'kiss Charli kiss,' which is unbelievably crap.
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On my first album, I felt like, if it was going to be turned into a movie, it would have been directed by Sofia Coppola. She creates this kind of pastel-colored palette that's very whimsical but also very stagnant. And that's really how I heard the record.
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I like working really fast. The best ideas are the first ones that come into your head - so why bother thinking of any more?
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I used to worry about being cool. Now I realize that I genuinely don't care.
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