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Eliza Doolittle Quotes

The Beatles and Ray Charles were in the same charts together, and that was just called pop music – it wasn’t called soul or rock. The best pop music just stands out as something that’s just original, and I think it should all be called pop again.

– Eliza Doolittle

I’ve featured in some soundtracks in the past, and I would love to do more. I love great soundtracks to movies. Quentin Tarantino always picks amazing soundtracks, so I would like to do something for him or write a song for him.

– Eliza Doolittle

Whenever people used to ask me what I wanted to be when I was older, I would always say that I wanted to be a singer. When I was 12, I decided I would do something about it, so I started writing songs.

– Eliza Doolittle

Young people, our rights and the things we care about, have been taken away because it doesn’t really matter to the politicians whether or not we have them. We’re just another demographic to try and please, but there’s no point if we aren’t voting.

– Eliza Doolittle

I always liked acting in school and drama classes, but when people asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I always told them I wanted to be a singer. I didn’t want to be a jack of all trades. I wanted to master one.

– Eliza Doolittle

I love shopping. I don’t go on crazy ‘I’m going shopping’ sprees; I shop as I go along.

– Eliza Doolittle

I have always been a Peter Blake fan and love street art and graffiti. I really like this street-art collective called Faile. They’re from Brooklyn and make these prints of beautiful women.

– Eliza Doolittle

I do embarrassing things all the time, but I don’t really get embarrassed. It’s like I’m unaware of my embarrassing things.

– Eliza Doolittle

Lots of people, from what I can see, just want to get into the music business for the glamour of it. But there isn’t any, really. It’s so up and down this industry, but if you really love it, nothing can stop you.

– Eliza Doolittle

I tend to write at the piano, but usually the melody and lyrics come first. Like, I’ll be in the shower, and I’ll start singing, and the melody and the lyric will just come out. Then I’ll quickly try to finish the shower, try to remember it, record it on my phone and save it for the studio.

– Eliza Doolittle

I’m always writing; my phone is full of ideas – melodies and lyrics and stuff.

– Eliza Doolittle

I played Joseph in ‘Joseph & The Technicolor Dreamcoat,’ which was a bit silly because I am a girl. I wanted to be the narrator, but I had fun with it anyway.

– Eliza Doolittle

I want to write songs people can sing along to. I can think of nothing more exciting than travelling the world and playing to audiences and having them sing your words along with you.

– Eliza Doolittle

My music is not a particular genre. It’s not bubblegum or cheese. It’s just good songs, pop songs. It’s just my songs.

– Eliza Doolittle

I think I’m generally an upbeat person. Obviously I can get moody, but my whole philosophy is to try and have a good time.

– Eliza Doolittle

The only thing that holds true happiness is that moment when you’re in it. Nothing can be controlled.

– Eliza Doolittle

My school was OK, but I just wanted to do music. I was a bit of a daydreamer. I wish I’d gone back and paid more attention.

– Eliza Doolittle

My mum taught me that bodies are bodies, and they come in all shapes and sizes – we should be free about that. My legs are a bit dangly, and my knees point inwards. Everyone has insecurities, but I try not to focus on them. It’s important to be confident with what you’ve got.

– Eliza Doolittle

I like getting a tan, so if I’m lying on the beach, I want to get as much skin out as possible.

– Eliza Doolittle

I don’t like how women’s bodies are Page 3 news. I just don’t think that’s big news. Women’s bodies are women’s bodies, and that’s that. And I love to see beautiful – the female form in great art and great photography.

– Eliza Doolittle

I don’t really go out partying, but I’m definitely a social butterfly.

– Eliza Doolittle

I really don’t think plastic surgery is a good idea. People who’ve had it done don’t look younger or better, they just look like they’ve had plastic surgery.

– Eliza Doolittle

Constantly travelling means I don’t always get to eat well – so it’s probably a good idea for me to do some exercise.

– Eliza Doolittle

Fashion changes. Everyone in fashion changes. I think it’s important to change it up and reinvent yourself every now and again.

– Eliza Doolittle

My friends will be like, ‘That bloke was chatting you up’, and I’ll go, ‘What?’ I’m so oblivious – I don’t notice things like that.

– Eliza Doolittle

I love Radiohead, which most people don’t expect, and I listen to everything from Stevie Wonder to Steely Dan, Carole King, The Beach Boys, The Kinks, Beyonce Knowles, Vampire Weekend, The Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Burt Bacharach, and Paul Simon.

– Eliza Doolittle

I love lots of designers. I will always love Vivienne Westwood; she is a legendary designer.

– Eliza Doolittle

When I was really little, I wanted to be a taxi driver or a bus driver; I loved the fact that I could play my own music when I wanted. But I can’t imagine actually doing that now; I think I’d get bored.

– Eliza Doolittle

I’m interested in wartime stories, as I think it’s important to remember what the soldiers went through.

– Eliza Doolittle

I love dressing up. As kids, my friends and I would dress up as the Spice Girls – Posh Spice was my favourite because I had short brown hair like her.

– Eliza Doolittle

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