Ellie Goulding Quotes

For a long time, I thought of singing as my mom's thing. I loved it, but I thought of dance as my thing.

I just want to sing, I want to work on my music, I want to make my movies, that's all I want to do.

I always wanted to be an artist; being a songwriter for myself was always a must but being a songwriter for others has been a bonus.

When I was a teenager, I wanted to be a rock star, not an actor. It means I can do what I want on my own terms.

I'm a singer and as long as I can sing - which, thank God, is something that I still seem to be able to do - I'd like to carry on making records.

I always loved the look of musicians. I've always admired them because they have a look - when I was growing up, it seemed that the ones I liked didn't need to have a stylist.

In our world, as artists, the only time I'm allowed to express myself is through song.

I'm just going to sing my music; I'm going to write my songs, and I think that people get to know me in that sense.

I think I'm just doing me, my music, my shows, and my stories.

Not everybody loves the way I play.

As a performer, I groove to my own songs.

I've been singing since I was two. Music was my first passion and I love writing, singing, creating and being creative.

I guess if you can't sing, you better have a style!

One thing, when you're an actor, you finish something and then you have to worry about what the next gig is. When you're a musician, you can always write your own stuff, and I'm working on new stuff for a new album right now.

I guess I created LeRoy Neiman. Nobody else told me how to do it. Well, I'm a believer in the theory that the artist is as important as his work.

I knew I always wanted to sing.

I've always gone back and forth between acting and music, but for music I'm not trying to be a pop star - I just like to do it.

I'm just an artist and I'm doin' what I like to do.

I really don't think of my work in terms of a genre. I think of it in terms of what I want to say, what I think is cool, and what I'm good at.

I'm not here to change the music world, but I'm definitely here to show what I can do and express myself through my music.

I want to sing because I want to sing.

The whole point in developing your own style is to find your own voice.

People call me for the ballads. Apparently that's where I've been pigeonholed. But it's really interesting and really fun. It's my favourite part of the job, writing.

There's no way to describe what I do. It's just me.

So it's not so much that I set out to do something different, it's just that the songs themselves require their own individual voice and attention.