Quotes from Charli XCX

Whenever I'm writing a song, if I have an idea for the music video, that's how I know it's a good song.

My hair is naturally super curly. But I really don't do so much to it. I just sleep on it and see what happens.

I feel like the U.K. is a better breeding ground for pop, partially because the radio play is more broad and open to new ideas and sounds.

Obviously, getting a number in the charts is a nice thing but the cherry on the cake rather than the main cake.

I'm not good at being a picture-perfect pop star, happy all the time. If I'm having a bad day, I can't pretend. I'm always a bit unhappy, but that's just me. I like dwelling in my sadness.

From the moment I stepped into this industry, I've always had to fight for my ideas and for my voice to be heard.

I'm not interested in the idea of celebrity.

I never dress for the occasion correctly because I hate fashion rules. They're so boring.

I feel like I can be six different people in one day sometimes. Which is fun but also really strange in my own brain.

Fashion is instant. It makes you feel something the second you see it on a body... whether you love it or hate it, or it offends you, or it makes you laugh or cry.

To be honest, my usual makeup is the same as in my music video looks.

I've actually done a cover of 'Train in Vain' by The Clash with Viv Albertine - which was originally written about her.

To me, 'X Factor' is like Vegas. Fake, twisted, but kind of wonderful. Maybe I'm sick, but I find the whole thing quite funny sometimes.

I know some people are like, 'I'm depressed, and I'm a struggling artist,' and that really works for some people, but that doesn't work for me. I have to be really happy, even when I'm writing my depressing songs; I have to come through that stage before I can write.

I hate the idea of people thinking that I'm just a little girl who goes into studios with pop producers, and they work their magic.

All my favourite pop songs are the most stupid ones, the ones that are the most obvious.

I love the Nineties because more than any other period of time, there was such an eclectic mix of styles going on. More so than in the Sixties and Seventies, when there was an overriding look and sound.

There are some signs that can indicate she might be interested. Woman might do subconscious things like play with their hair or orient their body towards your direction.

Most of my youth I spent being obsessed with Baby Spice, so she was my favorite for a really long time. Now that I'm older, I actually really like Posh Spice the best. Nineties Victoria Beckham is perfection, I think.

I always think about fashion when it comes to making music and music videos... what the colours will look like, what the material will be, how will it work with the sound of the music.

My one thing is respect. I don't care about anything else. You should respect everyone around you - the people who work for you, peers. Be classy.

[My mom] worries about me going and taking drugs, whereas my dad advises me on what drugs to take and what ones not to take. So, they're very different.

I really love Grimes, Niki & the Dove, stuff like that.

My dad always used to encourage me to dress weird.