It takes a whole lot of work to become a star: Ellie Goulding
Ellie Goulding is a globally popular singer, who won two BRIT Awards and has been nominated for Grammy and Golden Globe awards in the past. The street to stardom is not possible for the singer, who admits not necessarily having a huge amount of confidence.
"I believe I wanted to become a singer when I was 14. I don't really remember much from then. I believe I was always singing, always playing your guitar, writing music and imagining myself performing. But I didn't have large amount of confidence so that was something I had to build and focus on. It wasn't like I was created just to be a star. It takes a whole lot of focus on you to eventually get accustomed to that sort of attention and spotlight," Ellie told IANS within an interview.
Looking back at her musical journey, which professionally started out with the release of her debut album "Lights" a decade ago, she shared: "I really cherish writing music for no-one but myself, rather than feeling any obligation to please anyone. In a way, I was an unhealthy student but I was also making music that I must say i loved, that I was very passionate about."
"You know you can get lost a little bit on the way, and I believe it's sort of a journey where every single thing is amplified -- specially when you wrap up being in the general public eye, everything becomes somewhat stranger. You want to be considered a performing artiste but also a writer.
Everything is merely made that bit bigger, and so it has definitely been a testing journey where I have had to find a balance between being humble and having confidence. It has been an extremely colorful and magical journey but Personally i think I have emerge from it really feeling grateful for the experiences, for my fans and just to be able to do what I really like. I have a lot of gratitude for that," added the "Love me like you do" hitmaker.
