Latest Charli XCX Quotes from Interviews

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• When I was younger, definitely getting people to listen to me and believe in me. I think it's hard when you're a young girl in a record label full of male urban artists, which is definitely what Atlantic Records was and still is. Also, getting people to trust a young, female pop star that doesn't just want to be puppeteered was definitely a challenge for me.

  Charli XCX

  Girl, Believe, Thinking

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I feel like the worst fashion moments of the '90s were kind of the best.

  Charli XCX

  Fashion, Kind, Moments

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I feel like I have an affiliation with the '90s. I feel like a lot of things going on in fashion and pop culture were loud and outlandish.

  Charli XCX

  Fashion, Culture, Pop Culture

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I'm someone who admires artists like Madonna and David Bowie, who really change their sound drastically between each record.

  Charli XCX

  Artist, Admire

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• A lot of females are openly discussing their experiences as women in the music industry.

  Charli XCX

  Female, Music Industry

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I've definitely become more commercially successful. I think everything has changed over the past two years. People seem to take me seriously now as a songwriter for other artists and as an artist, which is funny to me because I always thought I was good. I guess that's the main change, which is pretty interesting.

  Charli XCX

  Successful, Thinking, Artist

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I turned 25. And I don't feel like... whatever, age is just a number. I still feel very young and excited about life and everything. For the first time ever I began to take a look at life and really value it, and realize that there are so many things that I want to do; travel, I want to see the world. I realized that I want to take more time for myself and take more time to see the world and spend time with friends. That sounds so basic but I never really realized that before.

  Charli XCX

  Age, World, Realizing

  Source: www.highsnobiety.com

• The great thing about 2017 is that, because of the terrible political state that we're in and that America is in, young people are so vocal at the moment about so many issues, from racism to LGBT rights to beyond. I feel like - especially when I look at my fan-base - people are so vocal about their opinions and so vocal about spreading love. That's really important, and I think it's really amazing that people are talking about that. I just want that to keep happening.

  Charli XCX

  Thinking, Racism, People

  Source: www.highsnobiety.com

• I started writing my own things when I was about 8. I used to try to bully my friends into imitating the Spice Girls on the playground. Then I realized, Oh god, my career's going nowhere, so I looked in the Yellow Pages and phoned up the first cheap studio that I found and started recording.

  Charli XCX

  Girl, Writing, Bully

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I like Lady Gaga's music and I think her fashion is great, but I saw her on a chat show and I wanted to punch her in the face.

  Charli XCX

  Fashion, Thinking

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• There are some really amazing artists and people behind the scenes who are really effective in championing feminism in the music industry, and I think that's really important for people in the industry and for young girls and guys to see. It should become universal. It's really about the other people understanding that everybody's equal and that women are equally as valid creatives, businesswomen, powerhouses...whatever you want to call them.

  Charli XCX

  Girl, Artist, Thinking

  Source: www.glamour.com

• Every time I make another record and every time I get a year older, I become more and more confident in who I am and more in tune with what I want as a person. I think it's the same for anyone in any walk of life. You just grow with experience and become more confident in exploring new things.

  Charli XCX

  Thinking, Exploring

  Source: www.glamour.com

• I have a really good relationship with my label and with people I've worked with since I was younger. I've always had a really good relationship, with both men and women. I think, for me, the way I face sexism in the music industry is when people are like, "Oh, she must not write her own music." That's frustrating, in a way. But it's cool. I'm mostly just like, "Meh." I'm just doing my thing.

  Charli XCX

  Writing, Men, Thinking

  Source: www.glamour.com

• I'm spontaneous when I'm onstage. If I feel like talking about a particular issue when I'm in the moment, then I will. I speak about women's rights a lot day-to-day, so that's an issue that's important to me for sure. And I'm not a fan of Donald Trump.

  Charli XCX

  Talking, Issues, Rights

  Source: www.billboard.com

• Live in the moment. Feel everything you want to feel. And maybe have a couple of drinks if you're nervous, I guess.

  Charli XCX

  Couple, Live In The Moment, Want

  Source: www.billboard.com

• I've never been to New Zealand actually. All I know is that there's a lot of greenery there. I'd love to come and play a show there sometime soon for sure!

  Charli XCX

  Play, Shows, Greenery

  Source: coupdemainmagazine.com

• Fashion is meant to be wild and expressive. I love colour but I also love basics - grungy minimalism mixed with this kind of broken-down cheerleader, is my thing.

  Charli XCX

  Fashion, Broken, Cheerleader

  Source: coupdemainmagazine.com

• To be honest I'd just love to keep writing hits for other people... That's kind of my secret dream.

  Charli XCX

  Dream, Writing, People

  Source: coupdemainmagazine.com

• Vivienne Westwood really inspires me. I love her punk ethos.

  Charli XCX

  Ethos, Inspire, Punk

  Source: coupdemainmagazine.com

• I used to hate swimming at school so much that I would always sneak downstairs in the middle of the night and take my swimming costume out of my gym bag and hide it in the house somewhere. Then I'd never have to go swimming at school. This went on for months and I never got caught and my Mum turned into a nervous wreck because the thought she was losing her memory... and then one day she caught me and got super angry. That was kind of bad.

  Charli XCX

  Memories, Hate, School

  Source: coupdemainmagazine.com

• I love the rawness in fashion.

  Charli XCX

  Fashion, Rawness

  Source: coupdemainmagazine.com

• For me, romance is only 'true' when there are two sides to it. I think to have true romance you have to have the moments where you feel alone and you're crying and you feel like your heart's about to break... as well as the moments where you're floating through this orgasmic dream state.

  Charli XCX

  Dream, Heart, Thinking

  Source: coupdemainmagazine.com

• I think true romance is dry schizophrenic... but life would be so boring without true love, so I guess you just roll with it.

  Charli XCX

  Thinking, Romance, Would Be

  Source: coupdemainmagazine.com

• A great song can make you cry and transport you to another dimension.

  Charli XCX

  Song, Dimensions, Cry

  Source: coupdemainmagazine.com

• I always look at my favourite photographs or favourite movies by James Bidgood or Sofia Coppola before I write my songs - they put me in the right frame of mind.

  Charli XCX

  Song, Writing, Mind

  Source: coupdemainmagazine.com