Someone taught me how to eat properly. Learning from others is important when it's not working for yourself.

It's really important to remember that most people in the public eye are human for a start and a lot of things that you read in the media get slightly misconstrued and manipulated.

I've always made my own clothes since I was a little girl. I was a terrible sewer, but I was always cutting and customising.

The thing is, when I feel like I have to lose weight, the opposite happens. I remember stuffing loads of chocolate on the plane to the shoot, and I thought, 'Why don't you have the courage to show up in a body that's natural, not overly worked out?'

I have a history of eating disorders but, as a mother, you think of being an example to your child. I'm so much more balanced than I was.

There will always be a few people who just want to knock you down or are jealous or just want to be horrible for the sake of it. I don't know what drives someone to be nasty.

I think I've really learned how important it is to empower women.

I am absolutely blessed and I'm very grateful for where I am today.

I was a late starter on the romantic front. I didn't start dating until I was in my 30s.

I'm done with trying to be perfect. A perfect body belongs to somebody else - and it's not me.

I think it's unnecessary to be mean for the sake of being mean, but I do believe you have to be truthful, but with love.

I'd never choose to turn the clock back.

I have never sung a whole song on my own before and I am not the best dancer in the world, but I would rather try and fall than not not try at all.

I obviously want to give a healthy body image to my own daughter. I think having good examples, eating properly, that's all one can do - and just be really loving around her. I've tried to give her confidence in who she is. I think she's all right in the confidence department.

I have been wearing black, which was a reaction to the Ginger thing. But now I have hopes and I can be anything. Tomorrow I might be naked with a feather boa, who knows?

Some people are naturally thin and some people are naturally heavier. It doesn't mean that bigger is healthier, or much thinner is healthier, it's on an individual basis.

I love being on the beach - it's my favourite place. I can chill out, read, listen to music, play with my daughter.

Becoming a solo singer is like going from an eau de toilette to a perfume. It's much more intense.