Dido Armstrong
Dido Armstrong
Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong, known as Dido, is a British singer and songwriter. Dido attained international success with her debut album No Angel. It sold over 21 million copies worldwide, and won several awards, including the MTV Europe Music Award for Best New Act, two NRJ Awards for Best New Act and Best Album, and two Brit Awards for Best British Female and Best Album. Her next album, Life for Rent, continued her success with the hit...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth25 December 1971
Dido Armstrong quotes about
It's actually amazing because you go so far into another side of your brain when you're studying something completely different, and I loved it.
It's too late and it's too bad, don't think of me.
At school I was pretty sociable, but I did like to come home and be on my own and make music and write my dreams down.
I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own.
My dad's Irish music was such a huge influence.
In fact, I'd just like to own something. Everyone thinks I'm glamorous, rich and famous but all I've got is some recording equipment and a battered old BMW.
You never forget where you were when you write a song; it's a very proper memory, so I knew exactly where I was and what I was doing for each track. It was like going into a time machine.
The older you get, the more you realize you're drifting toward a direction, and sometimes your significant other drifts into an opposite direction. You can't blame anybody for it.
I really enjoy being single again. I spent a lot of time in a relationship and the nearer we came to the end, the more difficult it got. You don't see things clearly as long as you're still involved.
I always want to bring emotion across in a straightforward way. I don't want to get histrionic when I'm singing. For me that's just not interesting; it goes too far down one road.
To me, there's nothing worse than going to a concert and you're so looking forward to hearing your favorite song and they never play it. You're gutted.
Life for rent means that my life isn't really my own, I only rented it for a while, but if I don't manage to buy it, to own it, then nothing of what I think is mine is really mine.
It's much better when I go out with my mates and we stop talking about me like I'm some sort of egomaniac. It's great when we can just have a drink.
I love feeding off the audience, and to me, what's the point if you're not going to think of the fans. Anyone can play music in their house, but you put it out because you want interact with your fans. And, as an artist, you get so much from your fans.