I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own.
- Dido Armstrong
Strong, Woman, Independent, My Own
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.
- Dido Armstrong
Other, Significant Other, Drifting
I feel very warm towards Mum and Dad for giving us the independence they did. My childhood, and the fact we didn't have a TV, gave me a boundless imagination.
- Dido Armstrong
Fact, Very, TV, Boundless
It's great to just disappear, grab a suitcase, switch the answering machine on and just go somewhere else.
- Dido Armstrong
Go, Somewhere Else, Suitcase
My dad's Irish music was such a huge influence.
- Dido Armstrong
Music, Irish, Dad, Huge Influence
I went to study some orchestration stuff because I got so inspired working with all the orchestras.
- Dido Armstrong
Study, Some, Orchestration, Orchestra
I spent a lot of my childhood in my own head, making up stories. I didn't have a lot of outside influences, so I was able to make my own decisions about what I wanted to do.
- Dido Armstrong
Childhood, Making, Stories, Making Up
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.
- Dido Armstrong
My Life, Mine, Means, Manage
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.
- Dido Armstrong
Famous, Fact, Some, BMW
I'm too much of a control freak.
- Dido Armstrong
Control, Freak, Too, Control Freak
It's great to go on your own and discover new things just for yourself, to meet new people and all that. If you're all on your own, then there is nobody there to guide you and you have to make all the decisions for yourself. It's quite liberating in a way.
- Dido Armstrong
New Things, Own, New People, Guide
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.
- Dido Armstrong
Alone, More, Still, Nearer
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.
- Dido Armstrong
Always, Straightforward, Emotion
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.
- Dido Armstrong
Go, Another, Side, Studying
I write about the things I feel strongly about.
- Dido Armstrong
Things, I Write, About, Strongly
Looking back, I think that's why I did music. I'd get home from school and the house would be so quiet.
- Dido Armstrong
Looking Back, Think, I Think, Quiet
Thirty is not an age for a woman anymore.
- Dido Armstrong
Age, Woman, Anymore, Thirty
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