92 Quotes by Sophie Ellis-Bextor

Trust your instincts: they tend to see you right. By listening to them, at least you can sleep at night.

My parents are good role models because they've worked hard and gave me a happy childhood.

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 get really frustrated if people don't smile.

I try not to wear anything I have to fidget with - there's nothing worse than wearing something and pulling down the hem and re-adjusting the top. My pet hate is when girls wear those strapless dresses and spend the whole night yanking them up.

Philately is normally a boys' hobby but for some reason it was in vogue at my junior school. Between the ages of eight and ten I collected avidly. I'd pore over my Stanley Gibbons book, obsessively checking my collection's value. I always hoped I'd stumble across a really valuable one, a Penny Black or an Inverted Jenny, but it wasn't to be.

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.

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.

Come rain or shine I walk short distances rather than taking my car.