Ellie Goulding
Ellie Goulding
Elena Jane "Ellie" Gouldingis an English singer and songwriter. Her career began when she met record producers Starsmith and Frankmusik, and she was later spotted by Jamie Lillywhite, who later became her manager and A&R. After signing to Polydor Records in July 2009, Goulding released her debut extended play, An Introduction to Ellie Goulding, later that year...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth30 December 1986
CityHereford, England
dad judging parent
You get to a certain age and you can't judge yourself on your dad or your parents.
play long safe
I want to be safe in the knowledge that I can tour and play festivals for a long time. The main thing is that I want a good reputation as a live performer. If I have that, I'd be so happy.
jobs couple home
I never remember having a plan. All I could think about was how I was going to afford to get into college or where I was going to stay because I hated being at home. I didn't really have time to think about anything in the future. I didn't think about a career or anything. I went to uni, got a couple of jobs, so I sort of funded it myself.
favourite colour
I love pink - pink's my favourite. I hardly ever - weirdly - wear it, but I love the colour pink.
praise humans critical
The nature of how we are as human beings is that we're much more interested in being critical rather than praising something.
running lakes perfect
I'm obsessed with the countryside: woods, forests, fields, lakes, mountains. I'm really into folk music and folklore. But more so I'm into electronic music. I'm into bands that have both aspects, like Boards of Canada is a perfect example. You could listen to that type of music running through a woods. It's kind of what I wanted to achieve.
laughing people fans
My favourite people to follow on Twitter are... my fans. They make me laugh so much and keep me smiling.
clothes shining body
Because I've always been a runner I love to feel that my body is shining on the inside. I wear baggy clothes, so it's not as though I like showing it off. I just like to know I'm great on the inside.
artist musician reputation
It took time to really build myself a reputation as a good live performer, a musician and an artist.
sea stories inspired
I wrote a lot of poetry that was based on stories of the sea and I was really inspired by that.
keep-smiling want pixies
I want to be more like Pixie Lott. She works really hard but always manages to keep smiling. She never complains.
writing alleviate i-realized
By the time I got writing 'Halcyon,' I was on a roll, and I realized I had so much to write about, I realized I had so much built up inside that I couldn't really alleviate before, and then all of a sudden it was like reservoir burst.
book kids knows
I was quite a weird kid because I didn't like getting presents. I don't know why. I just went for books all the time.
clever
I would never create an image for myself; I'm not that clever.