Charli XCX

My voice is different, but I don't think I'm the only one with a different take on pop music.

One thing I don't understand is how people want you to replicate your past successes. Being an artist should be about freedom and not just becoming one thing, because I think that's terrible and boring.

I quite like doing laundry. I find it quite like relaxing.

I used to worry about being cool. Now I realize that I genuinely don't care.

You can't like everything! You hate some stuff! Say what you hate! Like, I hate Pitbull, and I don't care!

I never set out to be a cult cool artist. I always made music that I thought was pop.

I feel like I'm a pop star without being a diva.

Being nice is awesome. You have more fun; you meet more people.

When I first started, I wasn't really aware of anything in the industry or aware of who I really was. I just put my music out there and tried to get as many people to hear it as possible. I hadn't really thought about the kind of music I wanted to make.

I don't think that I'm a pop star. On paper, I'm bad at being a pop star with the conventional idea people have.

I'm not interested in the idea of celebrity.

A sold-out crowd is better than a number one. But being in the studio is better than all of that.