When you're growing up, I think there's this idea that the coolest people are the ones who are really rude and feverish. But I've come to realize that isn't cool. Charli XCX Cool
I was never the cool kid in school, and loads of people told me that I was weird, that I dressed uncool and did uncool things, that I was too nice, too happy. Charli XCX Cool
I'm inspired by artists like Robyn, just because she writes amazing pop songs, and they're not throwaway. When I listen to a Robyn pop song, I don't feel like she's just kind of saying something and not thinking; I feel like it's really emotional. Charli XCX Amazing
When I was younger, I was a rave kid trapped inside a singer/songwriter's body. But I kind of figured my way out because I started making these really terrible beats on this Yamaha keyboard that my parents got me for my 10th birthday. Charli XCX Birthday
I never set out to be a cult cool artist. I always made music that I thought was pop. Charli XCX Cool
I do appreciate the '80s as an era, the general sounds and aesthetics of the era. The Cure, that whole kind of image is really kind of amazing, I think. The power ballads and how everything sparkles and words are really dramatic. Huge drums, things like that. I do really find it inspiring. Charli XCX Amazing
Sometimes I feel like I was born in the wrong year - I think it would have been cool to be alive in the '60s. Charli XCX Cool
I think the best people are the ones who are just as nice and fun. This is really cheesy, but you only have one life - why spend most of it pretending to be cool? Charli XCX Cool
I've passed up on many a thing that could have made me a big artist or something. Like, I was offered a feature on a Christina Aguilera song and I turned it down. It just wasn't right. She's cool, but it just wasn't right. Charli XCX Cool
I made video art for quite a long time, and I made this video covering myself in burgers and dancing to Major Lazer and doing covers of Britney Spears songs... I can't remember how I got there, but my teacher said he'd have to fail me because it had mild nudity. Charli XCX Teacher
The scenes in 'The Virgin Suicides' where Elle Fanning is ice skating are really amazing. Charli XCX Amazing
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. Charli XCX Work
I think it's cool to be a rock star; I don't think there are many. There aren't many who speak out and take risks. And I think that's important. Charli XCX Cool
I've always wanted to write pop music. I never wanted to be cool or make a hipster record. Charli XCX Cool
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. Charli XCX Respect