Ellie Goulding Quotes

I feel more confident if my makeup looks good.

How long will I love you? As long as stars are above you, And longer if I may

I feel like my figure is a challenge because I'm quite flat chested but I've got a booty so I've got to look for the right things.

One of the most powerful feelings in the world is after a really, really long run.

I take inspiration from everything around me, also relationships and friends. And the inside of my crazy head.

I believe in the moment of things and fate and things happening for a reason, so I write things down and I trust it.

My soul is to sell. The dark is too hard to beat 'cause they're calling me.

Even if a relationship doesn't work out, you can always take something positive from something negative. You never know what's around the corner.

What people don't understand is that how you are as an artist depends on how you are emotionally.

Apparently I'm introspective... levelheaded... but at the same time, absolutely insane.

I've just become quite fixated on the idea of calmness and peacefulness somewhere, someday.

I feel quite proud to be an ambassador for women who realize that being fit is better than being skinny.

You can be the happiest you can be in a relationship but can have an urge to be with someone else. I know a lot of people that it has happened to.

I just sing and write songs and wear what I want. It's quite a good job really. If I wanted to I suppose I could become more of a fashion icon, but singing is my thing.

I guess I'm just quite observant and I pay attention to a lot of things. Human behavior really fascinates me.

The nature of how we are as human beings is that we're much more interested in being critical rather than praising something.

My guiltiest pleasure is... chocolates with strawberry cream and trashy television - 'Geordie Shore,' 'Katie,' etc.

I feel like my songs are very relevant and very meaningful, but I literally have to get rid of the nostalgia for shows because I would just be mess on-stage otherwise.

I'd just like to think that there's some kind of underworld where whoever's been lost at sea is there... I dunno, there probably isn't, but I'd like to believe there is.

My fans are so funny, they make me laugh so much. I've got some really, really, funny, clever fans.

It took time to really build myself a reputation as a good live performer, a musician and an artist.

Ever since I've been young I've been fascinated by the human body. I've written songs about it, but you can become quite morbid if you think about it too much - paranoid and a hypochondriac.

I tend to write things and review it afterwards and realise what comes out. I very rarely ever write something and have to take it back.

I still don't know if I can write songs. I don't think anyone ever knows if they can write songs.

I've changed the way I look a bit but not intentionally. I've cut my hair. I've got a bit of pink in it and lately I've become a bit monochrome, wearing a lot of black and white.

I want to be safe in the knowledge that I can tour and play festivals for a long time. The main thing is that I want a good reputation as a live performer. If I have that, I'd be so happy.

I believe that when you have fans, they invest in you not just as a singer but as a person as well. It's not enough to just have good songs and a good voice.

I could always sing, from a really young age, but my voice was really weird. I used to make my mum turn up the radio every day in our house. She was well into music so I got that from her.

I love prints of skulls and bones and have some taxidermy - a crow and a rabbit - to remind me of home. I like art and have a big portrait of Bjork.

It's so important to take vitamins. People always get ill on tour because of the close proximity in the bus with everyone.

My favourite people to follow on Twitter are... my fans. They make me laugh so much and keep me smiling.

Even when I'm in quite a happy state of mind, I like writing really sad songs. I think a lot of people do.

You get to a certain age and you can't judge yourself on your dad or your parents.

Bjork, I'd love to do something with her. I'd love to do some sort of crazy orchestral choir thing with her.

I wrote a lot of poetry that was based on stories of the sea and I was really inspired by that.

You should constantly write because your writing is always evolving and progressing. It's really important to start writing young.

I used to be obsessed with Pearl Jam, but I love having pink hair and kind of looking like a Barbie.

I would never create an image for myself; I'm not that clever.

I was quite a weird kid because I didn't like getting presents. I don't know why. I just went for books all the time.

Because I've always been a runner I love to feel that my body is shining on the inside. I wear baggy clothes, so it's not as though I like showing it off. I just like to know I'm great on the inside.

I want to be more like Pixie Lott. She works really hard but always manages to keep smiling. She never complains.

I guess I started running when I was about 18 and... I feel like it assists my creativity a bit because it completely just flushes everything out.

I can fall in love in a simple way, but I can dissect it in such an intense fashion when it ends.

I like the idea about somewhere there being a world... somewhere there's a world that I don't know about. But also, that somewhere, there was once something that disappeared.

I love pink - pink's my favourite. I hardly ever - weirdly - wear it, but I love the colour pink.

Not much shocked me. You know, I worked in a home for Alzheimer's patients and my dad used to be really into murders and stuff, so I saw dead bodies. It desensitised me to a lot of things.

Something funny always happens in every show in the UK and I genuinely love touring the UK because it's where I'm from. I just get a warm feeling when I'm home.

The very first song I wrote was about a boy that I was obsessed with.

There are so many things to think about when you make an album. Like, who am I trying to impress? Am I going to get respect, critical acclaim? Or am I going to sell lots of records?

Christmas in L.A. is weird. There's no snow. It's not even cold.