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A career in entertainment has a lifespan, like one in sport.

Sophie Ellis Bextor

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Having a successful first album is one thing, but a successful third is another.
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Some people are really good at packaging themselves, but that's not really me.
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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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I started my music career at 18 and for a long while I let other people handle my affairs.
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When it comes to my family I never quite know how protective I have to be, or what I should or shouldn't say.
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I didn't feel so great when I was a teenager, but who does?
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Like my mum, I sometimes buy things I shouldn't and fill my house with rubbish.
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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've got quite a curvy shape so I try to wear stuff that's tailored.
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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'd never really thought about it before, but now you ask I can see that how my parents handled money definitely affected my relationship with it.
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I like the influence of the macabre, but I don't believe in ghosts.
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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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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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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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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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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'm the messiest person I know.
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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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