Sophie Ellis-Bextor Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“In real life, I'm not super-posh but if that's the stereotype, I really don't care. It could be worse.”

“Yeah, I'm not really a morning person.”

“In terms of influence, my style icons have been a mixture of Julie Andrews and Olivia Newton-John. When I was little I used to watch 'Grease,' 'Mary Poppins' and 'The Sound of Music' a lot. If you put all those things together you do kind of get my outfits. A slightly tarty nanny in a second-hand outfit. That is pretty much what I wear.”

“I don't want to sound like an old grandmother but actually it's quite nice when you get up early and then, by the time it gets to 10am, you're quite perky and already quite switched on.”

“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.”

“On my wedding day. I didn't want a natural, blushing-bride look - I had a full-on hairdo and red lips. I thought it would be disingenuous to do the whole virginal look, so even though I had the white dress, I had pink net underneath.”

“I must confess I knew very little about the trance scene, I'm more house and commercial dance but it was really interesting and different.”

“I get really frustrated if people don't smile.”

“I'm happy that I have a look, but I don't over-analyse whether or not it's beautiful or ugly.”

“For every person that says I'm the new Audrey Hepburn, someone else says that I look like an alien.”