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You pick up loads of baggage with your first record with reaction to it from fans and critics. So I went to Ireland by myself for a couple of weeks with my guitar. I read lots of poetry, I read Patti Smiths autobiography and started words and phrases and then songs started to take shape. – Ellie Goulding

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Not much shocked me. You know, I worked in a home for Alzheimers patients and my dad used to be really into murders and stuff, so I saw dead bodies. It desensitised me to a lot of things. – Ellie Goulding

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People always try to find my agenda, but I dont really have one. Its safe to say that I make pop, but I think that Im doing important music, too. Ive just always done what I wanted to do. – Ellie Goulding

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