Quote by Ellie Goulding
Even when Im in quite a happy state of mind, I like writing really

Even when Im in quite a happy state of mind, I like writing really sad songs. I think a lot of people do. – Ellie Goulding

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Its usually a big kind of vent of frustration or anger or sadness that puts me in the right frame of mind to write. Its such a cliche to say that artists write when theyre down, but its true for me. Its a relief to get out whats eating away at my heart or my soul or my head. – Ellie Goulding

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Anger
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I Know You Care is really personal and fragile for me. For me, its about losing a family member and also about a breakup. Its about this idea of losing someone for good. – Ellie Goulding

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Family
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I feel like I write songs for the future or something. Not in an arrogant way, but I feel like maybe my songs were, like, before their time or something. – Ellie Goulding

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In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality. – William S. Burroughs

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Women are reputed never to be disgusted. The sad fact is that they often are, but not with men following the lead of men, they are most often disgusted with themselves. – Germaine Greer

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Some really good things kind of swing both ways and I like to see people that can swing really, really, really sad and horrible and terrible and really, really, really beautiful and funny. – Beth Henley

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Sadness is also a kind of defence. – Ivo Andric

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