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
art bones crow home love portrait prints rabbit remind skulls
I love prints of skulls and bones and have some taxidermy - a crow and a rabbit - to remind me of home. I like art and have a big portrait of Bjork.
jamie love manager next
I used to make my manager Jamie not tell me where I was going to be the next day, because I was so afraid of flying and of anything. But now I love flying, I love working hard, I love being around the world.
america exactly love projection saw
America saw me as a projection of me that I always wanted. That's why I love going to America so much. I feel like I started off in America exactly how I wanted to start everywhere.
bit love putting wearing white
I'm a bit grungy - I love wearing boots. But I also love putting on a beautiful white dress and jewels. I have those two alter-egos.
crystals evaporates heat love means run salt song worked
I've got a song called 'Salt Skin' because when you run in the heat it evaporates and you've got salt crystals on your face. I love that, because it means you've worked really hard.
against eagle face gets hot kept knocks loud love necklace stage stop sweat wear wearing
On stage I have to be comfortable because I play guitar so I can't wear too much jewellery, it knocks against the guitar and makes loud noises. I had this big gold eagle necklace which I love but I kept whacking myself in the face with it so had to stop wearing it. I wear things that I can sweat in, basically... it gets really hot on stage.
athlete age and-love
I'd like to look like Madonna when I'm her age. I also look at athletes and love their bodies. I've always wanted to be muscly, not skinny. A lot of women yo-yo around, but I'm always aware if I'm getting a bit out of shape. I never look at the scales but I can just tell. It goes on my tum and bum.
fashion falling-in-love simple
I can fall in love in a simple way, but I can dissect it in such an intense fashion when it ends.
life stars love-you
How long will I love you? As long as stars are above you, And longer if I may
absolute bit certain dress image projected realised spent teen time tougher wore
I instinctively dress a bit tougher because I've spent a lot of time in the U.S. and I realised there was a certain image projected of me here. I've always been an absolute rebel. When I was in my teen years I had piercings and wore all black.
appeals music
Mumford & Sons' music appeals to a lot of America. I'm really proud of them.
adam good
My hairdresser in the U.K., Adam Reed, has his own line, Percy and Reed, and it's really good. And I use Moroccan Oil and Kerastase as well.
christmas
Christmas in L.A. is weird. There's no snow. It's not even cold.
came maybe record thus wrote
Maybe one day I'll make a record that's really mysterious and no one knows where it came from or what I wrote it about. But thus far, I've just wanted to explain everything properly.