If there’s intelligence behind an opinion, then I’m all for expressing it, but I would never just start a fight with someone for the sake of it – that’s just not me. Charli XCX Read Quote
Pop music is getting so emo. It’s great. Emotional girl for life. I see myself in the centre of that. Charli XCX Read Quote
When I was younger, I was a rave kid trapped inside a singer/songwriter’s body. But I kind of figured my way out because I started making these really terrible beats on this Yamaha keyboard that my parents got me for my 10th birthday. Charli XCX Read Quote
One time, I gave Chris Martin a My Little Pony for good luck. He said, ‘Oh, you should keep it,’ but I was like, ‘You guys probably need it a lot more than I do.’ I said that to Coldplay! Charli XCX Read Quote
Whether I’m writing for myself or someone else, I’ll always write a song that I would feel comfortable singing. Charli XCX Read Quote
I still maintain the fact that when I write songs, I don’t know what I’m doing. I don’t think about it pragmatically. I say what’s in my brain, and sometimes it’s great, and sometimes it’s terrible. Charli XCX Read Quote
One thing I don’t understand is how people want you to replicate your past successes. Being an artist should be about freedom and not just becoming one thing, because I think that’s terrible and boring. Charli XCX Read Quote
I like befriending my collaborators because I’d rather make music with people I like than people I pretend to like. Charli XCX Read Quote
I want my music, whether it’s sung by other people or sung by myself, to affect the way the Top 40 radio sounds. I want to heavily influence it with things that have come directly from my brain. Charli XCX Read Quote
