You should respect the people you are around.
You can't like everything! You hate some stuff! Say what you hate! Like, I hate Pitbull, and I don't care!
Whether I'm writing for myself or someone else, I'll always write a song that I would feel comfortable singing.
Whenever I'm writing a song, if I have an idea for the music video, that's how I know it's a good song.
When I was younger, I was addicted to the idea of becoming a rapper.
To be honest, my usual makeup is the same as in my music video looks.
There's something about girls together, uniting, that I just thought was cool.
The XCX really stands for 'kiss Charli kiss,' which is unbelievably crap.
The second someone tries to put me in a box, I will do everything to rebel against that.
The scenes in 'The Virgin Suicides' where Elle Fanning is ice skating are really amazing.
The first show I did with Coldplay was really scary.
Sometimes I feel like I was born in the wrong year - I think it would have been cool to be alive in the '60s.
Pop music is getting so emo. It's great. Emotional girl for life. I see myself in the centre of that.
Obviously, my label would want me to be on the radio all the time, but that's not my personal goal.
Obviously, getting a number in the charts is a nice thing but the cherry on the cake rather than the main cake.
I hate the idea of people thinking that I'm just a little girl who goes into studios with pop producers, and they work their magic.
I know how to win people over if things aren't going my way.
I like befriending my collaborators because I'd rather make music with people I like than people I pretend to like.
I like working really fast. The best ideas are the first ones that come into your head - so why bother thinking of any more?
I love In-N-Out!
I love karaoke and totally hog the mic when I go out and do it with my friends.
I love that '...Baby One More Time' video, to be honest; it's amazing.
I love Tinashe.
I never dress for the occasion correctly because I hate fashion rules. They're so boring.
I never set out to be a cult cool artist. I always made music that I thought was pop.
I quite like doing laundry. I find it quite like relaxing.
I really just want to change the way women think about themselves.
I really just want to change the way women think about themselves. A lot of young girls are quite lost.
I really love Grimes, Niki & the Dove, stuff like that.
I really want to work with Chris Martin. I think he's a genius.
