Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Sophie Michelle Ellis-Bextoris an English singer, songwriter and model. She first came to prominence in the late 1990s, as the lead singer of the indie rock band Theaudience. After the group disbanded, Ellis-Bextor went solo, achieving widespread success in the early 2000s. Her music is a mixture of mainstream pop, disco, nu-disco, and 1980s electronic influences...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth10 April 1979
CityLondon, England
role-models childhood parent
My parents are good role models because they've worked hard and gave me a happy childhood.
pops disco sucker
I'm a sucker for sad disco pop.
effort gears should
You should make an effort on stage because it's a performance. The stage should be glittery and camp, but I don't go down the shops in full stage gear.
dance leaving awkward
Getting up to dance to your own stuff looks pretty pretentious. And leaving the dancefloor when it comes on is just awkward.
dance interesting house
I must confess I knew very little about the trance scene, I'm more house and commercial dance but it was really interesting and different.
careers long people
I started my music career at 18 and for a long while I let other people handle my affairs.
shoes world pairs
I've got a thing for footwear; I have about 200 pairs of shoes from all over the world.
sunday night levels
I never manage to get to bed early on Sunday night but this doesn't matter, as I don't know one level of exhaustion from another.
successful firsts albums
Having a successful first album is one thing, but a successful third is another.
looks aliens audrey
For every person that says I'm the new Audrey Hepburn, someone else says that I look like an alien.
faces remember said
Everybody remembers Robbie Williams said I had a face like a satellite dish.
differences people crowds
A lot of what inspired many musicians is celebrating differences, and people relate to that - more people feel like the unpopular, freaky one than the one in the in-crowd.
russia bigs
I'm big in Russia, but no one's quite sure why.
frightened confrontation ifs
I'm too frightened of confrontation, so I will always tip - even if the service has been really shoddy.