Ellie Goulding

Since I met Starsmith, my producer, I really feel like I’m making music because we write it together and produce it together. I’ve got a proper involvement in the end product as opposed to just writing a song and finding someone else to produce it.

I’d like a male to listen to my music and find it kind of fascinating, what a girl goes through when they get heartbroken or get sad or get hurt by something.

Men are wary of me because they know, by listening to my music, that a relationship with me will be quite deep.

I’m quite private. And I never wanted to be the biggest star in the world, really. So in that sense I’ve got a good balance of doing great shows, of making an appearance every now and then and writing music, and I don’t really have to do much else.

People always try to find my agenda, but I don’t really have one. It’s safe to say that I make pop, but I think that I’m doing important music, too. I’ve just always done what I wanted to do.

I’d call what I do pop music, but it’s folky and electronic and it doesn’t really sound like much else.

Mumford &amp Sons’ music appeals to a lot of America. I’m really proud of them.