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

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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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I didn't feel so great when I was a teenager, but who does?
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I'm always sticking up for other people.
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A good song is a good song whatever your age.
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Also, I think women really come into their own in their 30s.
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I'm a sucker for sad disco pop.
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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.
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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 like the influence of the macabre, but I don't believe in ghosts.
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I'm happy that I have a look, but I don't over-analyse whether or not it's beautiful or ugly.
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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.
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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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I'm all for consumer rights. I get very aggravated if I don't get a good service.
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It's funny how intimate it feels to get a text.
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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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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.
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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.
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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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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 was an only child, but then my parents resettled with different partners, and I am now one of six.
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