Ellie Goulding Quotes

There are some beautiful things about people like Katy Perry, who are bold enough to go up on a pink cotton-candy cloud, with a guitar, in a tutu, and sing all by herself.

When you eliminate vanity from an art form, and I would think that this would be any art form, what is left is an opportunity to be incredibly naked and truthful.

We don't vogue, we are 'Vogue'.

I never try to be too sexy. People know when you're not comfortable and trying to be sexy.

I don't wear a wig. I'd feel terrible onstage with a wig. I hate to be so 'Actors Studio'-ish, but I like to feel it's me out there.

Be comfortable; be you. What's most important is to understand what suits your body type and personality. Stick to that, and you can't go wrong!

I have trouble watching singers because they are so sincere.

Whatever else has been said about me personally is unimportant. When I sing, I believe. I'm honest.

I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than to teach ten thousand stars how not to dance.

When I'm singing I try not be a singer with a capital S. I just try to get it out so I feel comfortable with it.

I want to seem completely bare. Especially when I'm reading for a role. I want to reveal myself in the audition room. That's where I'm happiest.

From a place of truth, I think artists or actors have to be real with what they're doing.

I think what's captivating about me on the microphone is my honesty.

I think that if you have to work very hard at dressing up and it makes you nervous or uptight, then you won't look very well because you won't be comfortable. I think it's much better to be comfortable and happy than well dressed, don't you?

Learn to express, not impress.

I think that if you have to work very hard at dressing up and it makes you nervous or uptight, then you won't look very well because you won't be comfortable. I think it's much better to be comfortable and happy than well dressed.

I have no problem at all taking my shirt off to tell a story.

This is what I believe about performing: There is no reason to be on stage - there is no reason to be there - if you're not going to put all your baggage somewhere else and just be honest. Whatever you're doing - screw it up, do great - just be there, and be honest. That's the most important thing.

I'm always looking for something that's real and that's got meat on it. I think it's artistic suicide if you're too vain, or if you're afraid to play ugly. I would never fall for that.

I open myself up every time I walk on screen and give you everything that I am. There are parts of me that are in every movie that I've done. That to me is what my job is.

Isn't it nice not to have to compartmentalize yourself?

There's a certain lack of gimmickry to what I do that makes people in England go: 'Where's the thing?'

Be honest with yourself and the way you act when you hear music. That way, when people watch, they'll see something from your heart and soul, and as a result will communicate your feeling and thought much better.

I think sexy is vulnerability, and there's no way you can act vulnerable. It just has to be there.