I feel more confident if my makeup looks good. — Ellie Goulding

I feel quite proud to be an ambassador for women who realize that being fit is better than being skinny. — Ellie Goulding

America saw me as a projection of me that I always wanted. Thats why I love going to America so much. I feel like I started off in America exactly how I wanted to start everywhere. — Ellie Goulding

I feel like my songs are very relevant and very meaningful, but I literally have to get rid of the nostalgia for shows because I would just be mess on–stage otherwise. — Ellie Goulding

I feel like my figure is a challenge because I’m quite flat chested but I’ve got a booty so I’ve got to look for the right things. — Ellie Goulding

I guess I started running when I was about 18 and… I feel like it assists my creativity a bit because it completely just flushes everything out. — Ellie Goulding

I’d just like to think that there’s some kind of underworld where whoever’s been lost at sea is there… I dunno, there probably isn’t, but I’d like to believe there is. — Ellie Goulding

I love designer stuff but like it will only be like, on a whim. I love Alexander Wang so much, but it’s expensive. — Ellie Goulding

I definitely write about a lot of dreamy, surreal stuff. I do end up going to a surreal world with my music, but I also like the idea of there being really real stuff as well. — Ellie Goulding

I’m a bit of a like girly–girl, really, I like flowery stuff. — Ellie Goulding

Not much shocked me. You know, I worked in a home for Alzheimer’s patients and my dad used to be really into murders and stuff, so I saw dead bodies. It desensitised me to a lot of things. — Ellie Goulding

The smallest changes, like I stopped eating meat and I’ve been doing different kinds of exercise like Yoga and stuff like that, little changes have made me feel a bit more at peace I think. — Ellie Goulding

I still don’t know if I can write songs. I don’t think anyone ever knows if they can write songs. — Ellie Goulding

The very first song I wrote was about a boy that I was obsessed with. — Ellie Goulding

I believe that when you have fans, they invest in you not just as a singer but as a person as well. It’s not enough to just have good songs and a good voice. — Ellie Goulding

Even when I’m in quite a happy state of mind, I like writing really sad songs. I think a lot of people do. — Ellie Goulding

Ever since I’ve been young I’ve been fascinated by the human body. I’ve written songs about it, but you can become quite morbid if you think about it too much–paranoid and a hypochondriac. — Ellie Goulding

I think all the covers I do have nice sentiments, particularly ‘Your Song.’ People write me very sweet messages about that song, though I’m sure there are people out there saying that I’ve ruined it too! — Ellie Goulding

Mumford & Sons’ music appeals to a lot of America. I’m really proud of them. — Ellie Goulding

I start really missing London when I go away. I have a little flat, but very central. I live above a pub and you’d think it’d be a nightmare, but I like hearing the music and it’s quite comforting. — Ellie Goulding

Men are wary of me because they know, by listening to my music, that a relationship with me will be quite deep. — Ellie Goulding

I’ve always said that Adele has turned so many people on to British singers–whether female singers or just like music from this country in general. — Ellie Goulding

I’d call what I do pop music, but it’s folky and electronic and it doesn’t really sound like much else. — Ellie Goulding

I could always sing, from a really young age, but my voice was really weird. I used to make my mum turn up the radio every day in our house. She was well into music so I got that from her. — Ellie Goulding

Bjork, I’d love to do something with her. I’d love to do some sort of crazy orchestral choir thing with her. — Ellie Goulding

How long will I love you? As long as stars are above you, And longer if I may — Ellie Goulding

I can fall in love in a simple way, but I can dissect it in such an intense fashion when it ends. — Ellie Goulding

I used to be obsessed with Pearl Jam, but I love having pink hair and kind of looking like a Barbie. — Ellie Goulding

Something funny always happens in every show in the UK and I genuinely love touring the UK because it’s where I’m from. I just get a warm feeling when I’m home. — Ellie Goulding

I love prints of skulls and bones and have some taxidermy–a crow and a rabbit–to remind me of home. I like art and have a big portrait of Bjork. — Ellie Goulding

I’ve got a song called ‘Salt Skin’ because when you run in the heat it evaporates and you’ve got salt crystals on your face. I love that, because it means you’ve worked really hard. — Ellie Goulding

I’m a bit grungy–I love wearing boots. But I also love putting on a beautiful white dress and jewels. I have those two alter–egos. — Ellie Goulding

Apparently I’m introspective… levelheaded… but at the same time, absolutely insane. — Ellie Goulding

I think I’d like to be best friends with Björk, because I’d like to pick her brain a lot all the time and just have weird times together. — Ellie Goulding

I was quite a weird kid because I didn’t like getting presents. I don’t know why. I just went for books all the time. — Ellie Goulding

I want to be safe in the knowledge that I can tour and play festivals for a long time. The main thing is that I want a good reputation as a live performer. If I have that, I’d be so happy. — Ellie Goulding

I record stuff all the time, like little vocal things. I write random things down… Sometimes I just get things stuck in my head and I record them, and that actually becomes a song quite a lot of the time. — Ellie Goulding

It took time to really build myself a reputation as a good live performer, a musician and an artist. — Ellie Goulding