A biography for Sophie Ellis-Bextorhasn’t been written yet.
“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.”
“I'm the messiest person I know.”
“A good song is a good song whatever your age.”
“I get really frustrated if people don't smile.”
“I've got quite a curvy shape so I try to wear stuff that's tailored.”
“I'm really interested in fashion but at the same time I find it quite competitive. Second-hand stuff leaves you more open to whatever your own personal style is rather than feeling dictated to by shops.”
“I'm always sticking up for other people.”
“I think I'm fairly good with money, but I've developed some strange tics - in shops I don't like to go to the counter unless I've got at least two things to buy. If I'm walking around with just one thing in my hand I'll put it back and wait a few weeks because that doesn't seem like a proper purchase.”
“You need to have a life outside your career.”
“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.”
“I never manage to get to bed early on Sunday night but this doesn't matter, as I don't know one level of exhaustion from another.”
“That's part of the reason I called the album 'Shoot From The Hip.' I did feel it was time to open up more.”
“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.”
“I've been DJing a little bit, so you get used to the fact that music sounds brilliant when it's loud.”
“A career in entertainment has a lifespan, like one in sport.”
“It's hard to feel comfortable in your own skin when you're younger.”
“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.”
“In real life, I'm not super-posh but if that's the stereotype, I really don't care. It could be worse.”
“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.”
“Everybody remembers Robbie Williams said I had a face like a satellite dish.”