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I tasted huge success with my first album, and when it's happening it feels like a roller coaster you can't get off. You should be very careful about wishing for success on that scale.

Sophie Ellis Bextor

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Some people are really good at packaging themselves, but that's not really me.
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I'm a sucker for sad disco pop.
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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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For every person that says I'm the new Audrey Hepburn, someone else says that I look like an alien.
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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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In real life, I'm not super-posh but if that's the stereotype, I really don't care. It could be worse.
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It's funny how intimate it feels to get a text.
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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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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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I'm always sticking up for other people.
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I don't think that old-fashioned idea of record companies exists any more.
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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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