Quotes By Sophie Ellis Bextor

I don't know why people think I'm polished - I often leave the house with buttons missing and ladders in my tights.

Some people can get away with being very sexy to men and not looking like a complete cow, but I didn't think I was in a position where people knew me well enough.

Two premature babies was not a genetic thing; we were just unlucky.

But I quite like that the public has a very short attention span. If I haven't been on telly for a little bit, I can sense it. People don't take as much notice of you, it's really quite palpable.

My parents separated when I was four. It wasn't the smoothest of divorces, but then as my mother always says, you can't have a passionate marriage without a passionate divorce.

That's part of the reason I called the album 'Shoot From The Hip.' I did feel it was time to open up more.

I think there's quite a lot of cowardice in music. I don't mind if it goes wrong, I just want to go for it.

Also, I think women really come into their own in their 30s.

I started my music career at 18 and for a long while I let other people handle my affairs.

There's so many singers, you watch them and a lot of it is waving around. You don't get this feeling that they're really thinking about what they're saying.

I don't think anyone doubts my motives, really. I do what I do and it's not very complicated. Of course, you might hate the music that I make, but I don't think people feel threatened by me just getting on with what I'm up to.

I learned to stand up for myself at school where I was never too popular.

There are a lot of people out there who lie about their age and I think it does us all a disservice. It can't all be over when you hit 30. That would be rubbish.

Everybody remembers Robbie Williams said I had a face like a satellite dish.