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I started my music career at 18 and for a long while I let other people handle my affairs.
Sophie Ellis Bextor
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Now when I say Sophie Ellis-Bextor I feel that's not really me because that's become this entity from doing the gigs and the shows and the make-up contracts and whatever else.
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I'm a sucker for good black skirts and pretty little shirts and kooky tops. I have to admit that shopping satisfies my craving for immediate gratification.
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I try not to wear anything I have to fidget with - there's nothing worse than wearing something and pulling down the hem and re-adjusting the top. My pet hate is when girls wear those strapless dresses and spend the whole night yanking them up.
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But I quite like that the public has a very short attention span. If I haven't been on telly for a little bit, I can sense it. People don't take as much notice of you, it's really quite palpable.
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I like the influence of the macabre, but I don't believe in ghosts.
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I've got quite a curvy shape so I try to wear stuff that's tailored.
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Come rain or shine I walk short distances rather than taking my car.
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Getting up to dance to your own stuff looks pretty pretentious. And leaving the dancefloor when it comes on is just awkward.
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It's funny how intimate it feels to get a text.
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The NHS is a bit iffy when you sprain an ankle, but when it's a high-priority issue, it's fantastic. They don't mess about. They're incredibly efficient when things go wrong.
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Someone had my number and they started text-stalking me. I've never replied to them. It was tempting to write back, but I resisted.
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I was an only child, but then my parents resettled with different partners, and I am now one of six.
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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.
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For every person that says I'm the new Audrey Hepburn, someone else says that I look like an alien.
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I think there's quite a lot of cowardice in music. I don't mind if it goes wrong, I just want to go for it.
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Having a successful first album is one thing, but a successful third is another.
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I've been DJing a little bit, so you get used to the fact that music sounds brilliant when it's loud.
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Writing songs about fancying people in dance clubs is all very well but it's not the be-all and end-all. There are other topics.
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Yes, being educated is definitely an advantage. But having said that, I've met so many people in life who haven't done very well at school but who are still really bright.
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I would love to record something with PJ Harvey or Alison Goldfrapp.
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