I want to be the best mum and I want everything to be perfect - I want a fairy tale really.

I used to be such a daredevil but now I'm much more cautious.

Going home and spending time with your family and your real friends keeps you grounded.

I don't do faddy diets any more. I once did a no-carbs diet a few years ago but it made me depressed. I couldn't be doing with that!

I'm an addict for underwear.

I want to tell people that I had post-natal depression because there is so much stigma around the subject and there shouldn't be.

I eat a lot of chicken with salad or salmon with salad.

I don't find it a struggle to maintain a healthy diet now as my palate has changed. I don't crave rich food.

Ballet is such a disciplined craft and it has given me a good grounding.

If it's supposed to be a really passionate snog, you slip the tongue in.

I came out of the womb born to sing and dance. I have to follow my heart.

He thought others were small

But the loss of any friend takes a long time to heal.

Conservatively, I am saying that social networking has made being in a band more fun, but not necessarily changed how the business works.

Obviously people in Seattle love a little more sun but also nothing is built for it, i miss my rain.

Art is nothing but the expression of our dream; the more we surrender to it the closer we get to the inner truth of things, our dream-life, the true life that scorns questions and does not see them.

How good it is to be well-fed, healthy, and kind all at the same time.

I am a musicologist, a doctor of music. Therefore I listened to, studied and analysed a lot of music. I also enjoy metaphors, the art of quoting and of cycles.

The detached observer's view is one window on the world.

Departures and arrivals tend to emphasize people's personalities.

National consciousness is truly a miraculous thing. When I am not in Turkey I feel even more Turkish than in Istanbul. But when I'm home my European side becomes more apparent.